introduction headache is a common complaint in children, and it has a significant effect on their daily living activities. having a definite diagnosis for the cause of the headache is very important for its appropriate management. case presentation we report a 12-year-old boy complaining of chronic headache, with a positive family history of migraine. the only abnormal finding in his general an...

A mucocele is a cystic and expansive lesion of the sinus cavities. It uncommon in sphenoid its management quite challenging especially low to middle income countries like Cameroon. 43-years-old female was referred us by neurologist for chronic headache visual disturbances. The pain unresponsive analgesics. Physical examination non-remarkable head CT scan realized showed cyst-like cavity. Surgic...

Meningiomas are slow-growing benign lesions that constitute ∼ 25% of primary intracranial tumours. Extracranial meningioma of the sphenoid sinus is extremely rare and may arise from ectopic arachnoid nests left behind during embryonic development. We present the case of a 61-year-old woman with left oculomotor nerve paralysis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a 43 × 31 × 33 mm mass in ...

BACKGROUND Primary inverted papilloma of the sphenoid sinus is rare. The tumor is considered locally aggressive. In selected cases inverted papilloma can be associated with squamous cell carcinoma. Radiologic imaging is a key to an accurate diagnosis. AIM We analyzed patient with inverted papilloma in sphenoid sinus which was removed with endoscopic surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS We discuss ...

OBJECTIVE To report a rare case of unilateral cavernous sinus thrombosis caused by contralateral sphenoid sinusitis. CASE REPORT A 33-year-old female visited our hospital for severe, right-sided, temporal headache, chemosis, periorbital edema, and proptosis. These signs were associated with congested erythematous nasal mucosa with purulent discharge from the right superior nasal meatus. Contr...