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Lanlai Yuan1, Jie Yuan1, Yu Sun1
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, 12443Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Abstract:
Sigmoid sinus thrombophlebitis is a severe and potentially fatal intracranial complication of acute otitis media and middle ear cholesteatoma. Early administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics and immediate radical mastoidectomy are the recommended standard treatments; however anticoagulant therapy is always an option worthy of clinical consideration. Here, we report a case of middle ear cholesteatoma complicated with sigmoid sinus thrombophlebitis in a patient who received anticoagulant therapy for 1 year before the operation because of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
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