Thrombophlebitis of the Cavernous Sinus
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are given below :? Case 1.?A Mohammedan boy, aged 10, had a boil on the tip of his nose which he scratched eight days previously. Spreading swelling of the face, suffusion of the eyelids and protrusion of the left eye followed. On the eighth day he _ was seen tohave swelling of the entire face, chemosis and oedema. of the left upper lid and root of nose, proptosis of the left eye; complete ophthalmoplegia with high fever and toxaemia. The following treatment was instituted:?
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