Septic cavernous sinus thrombosis following infection of ethmoidal and maxillary sinuses: a case report.
A 10-year-old boy with a unilateral septic cavernous sinus thrombosis complicating infection of the ethmoidal and maxillary sinuses is described. The causative agents identified were Eikenella corrodens and Staphylococcus aureus. The disease was cured without any sequelae.
Assefa
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Kinderklinik der Universität, Leipzig, Germany.
Dalitz
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Handrick
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Lietz
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Braun
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Michalski
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D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D016124:Eikenella corrodens; D015521:Ethmoid Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed