A 63-year-old woman presented with an extremely rare oculomotor schwannoma not associated with neurofibromatosis, manifesting as a transient diplopia and ptosis. Magnetic resonance images showed a well-enhanced mass extending from the cavernous sinus to the intraorbital region. Surgical exposure confirmed the tumor originating from the oculomotor nerve in the cavernous sinus. The intraorbital c...

PURPOSE In autopsy reports of patients who died of septic cavernous sinus thrombosis, tributary venosinus occlusion has been a common finding related to intracranial inflammatory complications. The purpose of this article is to illustrate the MR and CT appearance of septic cavernous sinus thrombosis and tributary venous occlusion. METHODS Over a period of 7 years, eight patients with septic c...

The location of the original sites of the lesions was studied in 22 non-traumatic and 21 traumatic intracavernous carotid aneurysms in which the neck of the aneurysm was confirmed, and also in 23 traumatic carotid-cavernous fistulas in which the location of the fistula was identified. In the cavernous sinus, common sites of non-traumatic and traumatic carotid aneurysms as well as traumatic caro...

We describe a patient who developed bilateral cavernous sinus septic thrombosis secondary to a suppurative lesion on the left cheek. Despite clinical improvement, left oculomotor symptoms recurred suddenly. A carotid artery aneurysm within the cavernous sinus was diagnosed by means of magnetic resonance imaging and confirmed by digital angiography. Follow-up angiograms showed an initial decreas...

A S-year-old girl with history of unexplained cerebral palsy and cranial asymmetry presented with an acute encephalopathy and a cavernous sinus syndrome. Radiologic studies disclosed an arteriovenous malformation draining into a dilated vein of Galen, arterialization of flow into the cavernous sinuses from runoff of the malformation, and non-filling of the cavernous sinuses on orbital venograph...

BACKGROUND Sinonasal adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare malignancy of the head and neck. Cavernous sinus invasion from sinonasal adenoid cystic carcinoma and its related management have rarely been investigated. This study evaluated the relationship between treatment outcome and cavernous sinus involvement in addition to other parameters. METHODS A retrospective case series study was conducte...

Background: Myoepithelial carcinoma, also called malignant myoepithelioma, is a relatively rare malignant tumor that occurs most frequently in the salivary glands. A few isolated cases have been described in other locations, including the lung, bronchus, oral cavity, nasopharynx and larynx. The region of cavernous sinus is an uncommon condition of involvement in myoepithelial carcinoma. To the ...