Acute Rhinosinusitis in Prominently Pneumatized Sphenoid Sinus Presenting with Unilateral Abducens Nerve Palsy.
10.3342/kjorl-hns.2015.58.4.271
- Author:
Junoh PARK
1
;
Jung Kyu CHO
;
Yoon Kyoung SO
;
Sang Duk HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. kkam97@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Abducens nerve palsy;
Acute rhinosinusitis;
Sphenoid sinusitis;
VIth nerve palsy
- MeSH:
Abducens Nerve Diseases*;
Cranial Nerve Diseases;
Humans;
Mucocele;
Sinusitis;
Sphenoid Sinus*;
Sphenoid Sinusitis
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2015;58(4):271-274
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Acute rhinosinusitis is a rare cause of abducens nerve palsy. Most reported cases with VIth cranial nerve palsy associated sphenoid sinusitis are fungal sphenoid sinusitis, mucocele, or severe bacterial sinusitis. In this report, we present a patient with acute mild sphenoid sinusitis presented as abducens nerve palsy associated with prominent sphenoid pneumatization to the Dorello's canal.
