[Septic superior ophthalmic vein thrombosis].
We report a case of septic right superior ophthalmic vein thrombosis in an 84-year-old man with a suspected extracranial infection focus in the pharynx extending to the pterygoid fossa. The disease developed insidiously over a period of several weeks, and the diagnosis was confirmed by MR scanning. The literature on this uncommon cause of red, swollen eye is reviewed.
Abdulahad
Layla Henry
LH
Rigshospitalet, Diagnostisk Center, Radiologisk Klinik X. layla@dadlnet.dk
Bollinger
Birgit
B
Thomsen
Carsten
C
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000098:blood supply; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000473:pathology; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis