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Sigmoid sinus involvement in middle‐ear infection
Author(s) -
Amirmajdi Nematollah Mokhtari
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198803000-00014
Subject(s) - sigmoid sinus , middle ear , sigmoid function , sinus (botany) , audiology , anatomy , medicine , biology , surgery , computer science , zoology , artificial intelligence , thrombosis , artificial neural network , genus
It was thought that sigmoid sinus Involvement from middle‐ear infection would become a rare clinical entity with the introduction of antibiotics. However, this problem is otill prevalent. Twelve hundred eighty cases of mastoid surgery were performed at Ghaem Medical Center and the author's private clinic between January 1978 and December 1985 in Mashad, Iran. In sixteen cases, surgically proven sigmoid sinus involvement was due to a bone eroding process of chronic ear infection. The pattern of the clinical picture is different than in the preantibiotic era.