infections, it can also cause highly invasive and potentially lethal infections, including necrotizing pneumonia, septic cavernous sinus thrombosis, and pyogenic brain abscess. The fulminant nature of these unusual cases has led many investigators to speculate that CA-MRSA may be more virulent than HA-MRSA. In fact, CA-MRSA strains have been shown to be more virulent than HA-MRSA in neutrophil ...

A 77-year-old female presented with a rare cavernous sinus cavernous hemangioma with extension to the sella turcica, neuroradiologically mimicking nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma. The lesion was partially removed via transsphenoidal surgery, and the histological diagnosis was cavernous hemangioma. After stereotactic radiosurgery using a cyber knife, the lesion decreased in size. Stereotac...