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Cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis in children.
Eight Thai patients less than 15 years of age who were diagnosed with cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis at Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand over the past 30 years were reviewed retrospectively. The predisposing infections and causative microorganisms were similar to previous reports in children and adults. Despite severe neurologic dysfunction during admission, including blindness, there ...
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BACKGROUND Thrombophlebitis of the cavernous sinus is a rare but serious disease that most often affects young adults and children. It is associated with significant morbidity or mortality and is often related to local infections of the head. The diagnosis is based on clinical findings and is confirmed by imaging. CASE REPORT We report the case of a 17-year-old male with a history of recurren...
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AIM The purpose of this study was to describe two challenging cases of septic cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST), which presented with vastly different clinical signs and symptoms. METHODS We present two cases of CST with markedly differing clinical presentations, medical comorbidities, and degree of impairment. Initial imaging of each patient failed to show thromboembolic disease. RESULTS Bo...
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SUPPURATION in the adnexa of the eye is always serious, as we can never be sure that the seemingly harmless stye may not cause a retrobulbar phlegmon, and subsequently cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis may develop on account of the rich anastomoses between the two areas. Every ophthalmologist can remember more than one case in which it was impossible to save the patient' life. Until recently, th...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1950
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.34.8.515