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INTRACRANIAL COMPLICATIONS OF SPHENOIDAL SINUS INFLAMMATION
Author(s) -
Cook I. F.,
Cabral D. A.,
Reed W. D.,
Bond R. J.,
Henderson A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1981.tb135637.x
Subject(s) - sphenoidal sinus , medicine , meningitis , sinusitis , sinus (botany) , intracranial infection , inflammation , surgery , biology , botany , genus
A young man who presented with bacterial meningitis and visual disturbance developed a left sixth nerve palsy due to an isolated sphenoidal sinus inflammation caused by Corynebacterium haemolyticum. Sphenoidal sinusitis and intracranial infection by C. haemolyticum are uncommon complications.