title: Subdural empyema and blindness due to cavernous sinus thrombosis in acute frontal sinusitis.
abstract: In this era of antibiotics, the complications of acute sinusitis are much less frequently encountered. Although orbital complications are most common, intracranial complications carry a high rate of mortality and morbidity. We describe a case of acute frontal sinusitis with subdural empyema and blindness due to cavernous sinus thrombosis and carotid artery thrombosis with a discussion of treatment of these complications and the etiology of blindness in sinusitis.
authors: Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: O T
authors: OT
authors: Yücel
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Oğretmenoğlu
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D002341:Carotid Artery Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D002426:Cavernous Sinus; D013354:Empyema, Subdural / Q000209:etiology*; D015522:Frontal Sinusitis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000209:etiology*