Cavernous sinus thrombosis is a rare, potentially fatal cause of cerebral venous thrombosis. Infectious causes typically arise from the mid face, orbit, or sinonasal region. We present a case of bilateral cavernous sinus and superior ophthalmic thrombosis secondary to an extreme case of facial cellulitis.

Neglect of odontogenic infections can have serious consequences. If they spread through fascial planes and intracranially they can cause an abscess, orbital cellulitis, and eventually cavernous sinus thrombosis. The authors report a case of rapid progressive bilateral orbital cellulitis and cavernous sinus thrombosis that originated from dental caries. Septic cavernous sinus thrombosis is a med...

Cavernous sinus thrombosis or thrombophlebitis (CST) is a major life threatening complication of orofacial infections [1]. We presented a case of cavernous sinus thrombosis presented with typical features of the condition. The diagnosis was based on case history and clinical presentation. The management of patient includes supportive therapy along with surgical management. Aggressive management...

PURPOSE In autopsy reports of patients who died of septic cavernous sinus thrombosis, tributary venosinus occlusion has been a common finding related to intracranial inflammatory complications. The purpose of this article is to illustrate the MR and CT appearance of septic cavernous sinus thrombosis and tributary venous occlusion. METHODS Over a period of 7 years, eight patients with septic c...

A 65-year-old woman with poorly controlled diabetes presented bilateral miosis, bilateral abducens nerve palsy, and left hemiparesis. On MRI, cavernous sinus thrombosis, subdural empyema and hemorrhagic infarction in the frontotemporal lobe were detected. Cerebral angiogram revealed filling defect in the cavernous sinus with venous congestion but no involvement of internal carotid artery. Postm...

Weisman (1944) described a boy with a cavernous sinus thrombosis, probably secondary to an empyema of the lung, who died 24 days after the start 0 of his illness and was found to have pituitary necrosis probably due to infarction. Bouche, Guiot, Carrez, Cotin, and Comoy (1964) gave an account of four patients, all of whom had long histories of headache, who developed the clinical signs of caver...

Cavernous sinus thrombosis not only presents with constitutional symptoms including fever, pain and swelling but also with specific findings such as proptosis, chemosis, periorbital swelling, and cranial nerve palsies. It is known to occur secondary to the spread of paranasal sinus infections in the nose, ethmoidal and sphenoidal sinuses. However, paranasal sinus infection of dental origin is r...