Bilateral Blindness Due to Acute Isolated Sphenoid Sinusitis- Is It Reversible? A Case Report
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Bilateral blindness due to acute isolated sphenoid sinusitis- is it reversible? A Case Report
Acute isolated sphenoid sinusitis is a rare and is seen in only 3% of all cases of all sinusitis. It is frequently misdiagnosed because of its vague clinical presentation. We report a case of 35year old female who presented to our emergency department with complaints of painless rapidly developing bilateral vision loss. Non contrast computed tomography of paranasal sinuses showed only mild opac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2075-5384,1997-9797
DOI: 10.3329/jom.v15i2.20700