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Carotid artery occlusion due to bacterial paranasal sinusitis
M Z Ozüer1, F N Ardiç, E Coskun
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pamukkale University, School of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey.
The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology
|February 4, 1999
Abstract:
Complications of paranasal sinusitis still continue to be a serious health problem. We present an orbita-related complication of sinusitis in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis. It was not a rhinocerebral mucormycosis, but a bacterial sinusitis-induced development of left cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis and carotid artery occlusion. We discuss the diagnosis, surgical options, and clinical outcome.