SEPTIC CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS FOLLOWING INFECTION OF ETHMOIDAL AND MAXILLARY SINUSES - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
ASSEFA D DALITZ E HANDRICK W LIETZ R BRAUN W MICHALSKI H
Citation
D. Assefa et al., SEPTIC CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS FOLLOWING INFECTION OF ETHMOIDAL AND MAXILLARY SINUSES - A CASE-REPORT, International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology, 29(3), 1994, pp. 249-255
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology,Pediatrics
Journal title
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01655876
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
249 - 255
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-5876(1994)29:3<249:SCSTFI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A 10-year-old boy with a unilateral septic cavernous sinus thrombosis complicating infection of the ethmoidal and maxillary sinuses is descr ibed. The causative agents identified were Eikenella corrodens and Sta phylococcus aureus. The disease was cured without any sequelae.