The Pathologic Examination in Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis

Abstract

sonality and is closely related to the development of the conduct disorders present, very similar to what we see in acu'e epidemic encephalitis and in the behavior disorders following head injuries in children. One of these children happened to be punished. It is rather striking that the parents punished this child repeatedly until finally the

Septic Thrombosis of the Cavernous Sinus: Two Different Mechanisms

“…Prior to antibiotic therapy, septic cavernous sinus thrombosis implied significant morbidity and often death (Dixon, 1926;Grove, 1936;Yarington, 1961). Those who survived were faced with severe neurological and ophthalmological deficit, including cranial nerve abnormalities, visual field loss, decreased visual acuity or blindness, and in rare instances, hemiparesis, hypopituitarism, focal seizures, and vascular steal syndrome (Levine et al, 1988;Southwick et al, 1986).…”