Subdural empyema and blindness due to cavernous sinus thrombosis in acute frontal sinusitis

• Published in: International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 121 - 125
• Main Authors: Yücel, Ö.Taşkin, Öğretmenoğlu, Oğuz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ireland Ltd 15.11.1998; Elsevier
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Biological and medical sciences; Blindness; Blindness - etiology; Carotid Artery Thrombosis - etiology; Cavernous Sinus; Cavernous sinus thrombosis; Empyema, Subdural - etiology; Frontal Sinusitis - complications; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical sciences; Non tumoral diseases; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial - etiology; Sinusitis; Subdural empyema; Upper respiratory tract, upper alimentary tract, paranasal sinuses, salivary glands: diseases, semeiology; Cavernous sinus thrombosis; Subdural empyema; Sinusitis; Blindness; Vision disorder; Cardiovascular disease; Male; Vascular disease; ENT disease; Complication; Cerebrovascular disease; Human; Cavernous sinus; Subdural; Nervous system diseases; Acute; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Thrombosis; Cerebral disorder; Infection; Case study; Eye disease; Antibiotic; Treatment; Central nervous system disease; Adolescent; Frontal sinus; Medical imagery; Empyema; Paranasal sinus disease
• ISSN: 0165-5876; 1872-8464
• DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(98)00156-6

In this era of antibiotics, the complications of acute sinusitis are much less frequently encountered. Although orbital complications are most common, intracranial complications carry a high rate of mortality and morbidity. We describe a case of acute frontal sinusitis with subdural empyema and blindness due to cavernous sinus thrombosis and carotid artery thrombosis with a discussion of treatment of these complications and the etiology of blindness in sinusitis.