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.
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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)
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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
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