Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis

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Cavernous sinus thrombosis was described from the anatomopathological point of view for the first time by Duncan in 1821, and from the clinical point of view by Bright in 1831. From that time up to the antibiotic era the treatments tried had not modified the prognosis of this severe malady. The discovery of antibiotics has changed the prognosis to such an extent that the surgical methods recommended by some older authors cannot be taken into consideration any longer. The process of the thrombosis starts from the neighborhood; rarely does it start hematogeneously from more remote regions, i. e., puerperal fever. It is rarely a consequence of an intracranial venous thrombosis; most frequently of an infection in the region of the face. According to Shaw,6 the starting point in 61% of cases is facial furuncle; in 5% of cases facial erysipelas, in 15% sinusitis, in 8% otitis, in 7% teeth

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