Basilar Artery Vasculitis Secondary to Sphenoid Sinusitis. Case Report.

Basilar Artery Territory Stroke Secondary to Invasive Fungal Sphenoid Sinusitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

BACKGROUND Mucormycosis is a fungal infection with the following 5 classic forms: cutaneous, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, disseminated, and rhinocerebral. The rhinocerebral form can be rapidly progressive and invasive with a high mortality rate. We present a case of a 38-year-old man with invasive mucormycosis that led to a basilar artery territory stroke. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is an unusu...

Ocular cranial nerve palsies secondary to sphenoid sinusitis

Objective The clinical presentation of sphenoid sinusitis can be highly variable. Rarely, sphenoid sinusitis may present with cranial nerve complications due to the proximity of these structures to the sphenoid sinus. Method A case series from Rabin Medical Center and all cases of cranial nerves palsies secondary to sphenoid sinusitis that have been reported in the literature were reviewed. ...

Optic neuropathy secondary to a sphenoid-ethmoidal mucocele: Case report.

CASE REPORT The case is presented of a 51-year old male patient with a history of blunt trauma in the frontal region and a one-year history of vision loss, proptosis and paresis of the lateral rectus muscle of the right eye. A right ethmoid and bilateral sphenoid mucocele was diagnosed. Drainage was performed using an external and endoscopic approach with improvement in symptoms without recurre...

Intracranial Abscess Secondary to Chronic Sinusitis – A Case Report

Unusual presentation of basilar artery stroke secondary to patent foramen ovale: a case report

INTRODUCTION We report a case of a patient presenting with neuropsychiatric manifestations secondary to paradoxical embolism CASE PRESENTATION Unexplained rapid onset of confusion with amnesia and minimal neurological deficits can be a manifestation of various systemic causes of which stroke, either ischemic or hemorrhagic, is one. Thorough and systematic evaluation of these patients can be h...