Cavernous sinus thrombosis following odontogenic and cervicofacial infection.

Abstract

Cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) is rarely seen clinically as a complication of infectious processes since the discovery of penicillin. At the present time, dental abscess is an uncommon cause of CST. We now report our experiences with a 60-year-old diabetic male, who developed CST 38 days after extraction of an infected upper third molar tooth. The importance of eradicating regional cervicofacial foci of infection is stressed.

• Authors: M W Yun, C F Hwang, C C Lui
• Journal: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol) Vol. 248 Issue 7 Pg. 422-4 ( 1991) ISSN: 0937-4477 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 1747254 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Cavernous Sinus (diagnostic imaging)
• Enterococcus
• Face
• Focal Infection, Dental (complications)
• Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections (complications)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Pseudomonas Infections (complications)
• Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial (diagnostic imaging, etiology)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed