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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-5 | Issue-05
Isolated Acute Sphenoid Sinusitis Causing Orbital Apex Syndrome – A Case Report
Vellavedu Umapathy Shanmugam, Arthi Madhu, Ruta Shanmugan, Rajagopalan Mariappan, Balaji Swaminathan, Rajasekaran Prem Nivas
Published: May 30, 2017 | 156 169
DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2017.v05i05.011
Pages: 330-332
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Abstract
Isolated inflammatory involvement of the sphenoid sinus is a relatively uncommon entity. Acute sphenoidal sinusitis may present a problem of differential diagnosis in patients with visual disturbances and cranial neuropathies. We report a unusual case of orbital apex syndrome with isolated acute sphenoid sinusitis in a diabetic patient due to dehiscent superolateral wall of the sphenoid sinus.