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...

Supratentorial dermoid cysts are uncommon to develop in the cavernous sinus. We present a ruptured dermoid cyst of the cavernous sinus extending into the posterior fossa. The patient was a 32-year-old female who complained occipital headache, blurred vision, and tinnitus over 4 years. Brain magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed an enhanced tumor in the right cavernous sinus extending into th...

Posterior communicating artery (PCoA) aneurysm-cavernous sinus fistulae are an extremely rare complication of head injury . The treatment of PCoA aneurysm-cavernous sinus fistulae has not been well described. A 27-year-old man was admitted with a retroocular bruit and blurred vision of the left eye seven months after a severe head injury. We report the angiographic appearance of a posterior com...

The goal of therapy in patients with traumatic carotid-cavernous fistulas is to occlude the fistula, preferably while maintaining the carotid blood flow. Surgical techniques that treat the fistula remote from the cavernous sinus often cannot maintain carotid patency. Various interventional techniques using detachable balloons have been developed. The most common technique uses the endarterial r...

Introduction: Giant cavernous hemangioma involving the nose extending to the nasopharynx and oropharynx with complete obstruction of the airway is very unusual and is yet to be described in the literature. In the present case, we have described a giant cavernous hemangioma successfully managed with endoscopic excision. Case Report: A 38-year-old male patient presented with rec...

Ewing's / peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor (pPNET) of the cavernous sinus are extremely uncommon. We present clinical, radiological, pathological findings of Ewing's / pPNET involving the cavernous sinus in an eleven-month-old infant presenting with proptosis and 6th nerve palsy. MRI Contrast scans showed a well-defined, homogenously enhancing mass involving the right ...

The morphology of the dura mater and its relationship with the structures of the cavernous sinus were analyzed in five tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) using histological sections, showing that the walls of the cavernous sinus of this species are similar to those of other primates, including man. Except for the medial wall of the cavernous sinus, the remaining walls consist of two distinc...

introduction septic cavernous sinus thrombosis (cst) is a rare condition that can result in high mortality and morbidity rates if not treated immediately. cst may be aseptic or septic. less common primary sites of infection include the tonsils, soft palate, middle ear, and orbit. reported cases of middle ear infection are very rare, and response to treatment is poor. conclusions findings of lab...

PURPOSE To assess serial dynamic enhanced computed tomography (serial DE-CT) as a diagnostic tool for carotid-cavernous sinus fistula (CCF). METHODS Serial DE-CT was performed in seven patients (ages 31-74) with CCF. Contrast material was injected intravenously at a dose of 60 mL with an injection speed of 4 mL per second. Serial axial images of the cavernous sinus were undertaken every 3 sec...

The endovascular treatment of spontaneous dural cavernous sinus fistula (DAVF) can be accomplished by arterial approach, just with symptoms relief, or by numerous venous approaches through the inferior petrosal sinus, ophthalmic vein, anterior or posterior intercavernous sinus and facial vein. Our case suggests the approach to the cavernous sinus via the foramen ovale and emissary veins punctur...