Lateral sinus thrombosis complicating mastoiditis.
Although otitis media is easily recognized in the emergency department, its complications can often be missed. We present the case of a patient with mastoiditis with lateral sinus thrombosis that was not diagnosed until a digital subtraction angiogram revealed the occlusion.
Grafstein
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Fernandes
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Samoyloff
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D000328:Adult; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000150:complications; D003392:Cranial Sinuses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008417:Mastoiditis / Q000150:complications*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*