Cavernous sinus thrombosis presenting with diplopia in an allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipient.

Abstract

Although neurological complications are common in patients undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplant (alloBMT), cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) has rarely been described. An allograft recipient is described who presented with diplopia and developed CST in the early post-transplant period likely caused by a filamentous fungus. Clinical course and serial radiological studies of this patient are described and correlated with autopsy findings.

• Authors: Vikas Gupta, Anne Keller, William Halliday, Stephen Sanche, Wanda Hassegawa, Hans Messner, Thomas Kiss, Jeffrey Lipton
• Journal: American journal of hematology (Am J Hematol) Vol. 77 Issue 1 Pg. 77-81 (Sep 2004) ISSN: 0361-8609 [Print] United States
• PMID: 15307111 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Topics

• Adult
• Autopsy
• Bone Marrow Transplantation (adverse effects)
• Carotid Artery Thrombosis
• Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis (diagnosis, etiology, pathology)
• Diplopia (etiology)
• Fatal Outcome
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Mycoses (complications, etiology)
• Transplantation, Homologous