[Treatment of the sphenoid sinusitis with neuro-ophthalmologic syndromes].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To analyze the diagnosis and the treatment of neuro-ophthalmologic syndromes caused by sphenoid sinusitis.

METHOD:

5 cases with neuro-ophthalmologic syndromes caused by acute or chronic sphenoid sinusitis were reviewed, 3 of them were performed a sphenoidostomy and other two were treated by injecting antibiotics and steroid.

RESULT:

The surgery and antibiotics can relieve the headache. However, recovery of the neuro-ophthalmologic syndromes was inconstant.

CONCLUSION:

CT scan can provide an early diagnosis and differential diagnosis. The delayed surgery may be response for the unsatisfied treatment results.

• Authors: Xiaoping Du, Qing Cai, Zhelan Ma, Zezhang Tao, Zhangyuan Wu
• Journal: Lin chuang er bi yan hou ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology (Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Ke Za Zhi) Vol. 16 Issue 2 Pg. 78-9 (Feb 2002) China
• PMID: 15510636 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Eye Diseases (diagnosis, etiology, surgery)
• Headache (diagnosis, etiology, surgery)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Nervous System Diseases (diagnosis, etiology, surgery)
• Retrospective Studies
• Sphenoid Sinusitis (complications, diagnosis, surgery)
• Syndrome
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed