Bilateral cavernous sinus actinomycosis resulting in painful ophthalmoplegia. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 600-602

  Ohta, Seiji ^a   Nishizawa, Shigeru ^a   Namba, Hiroki ^a   Sugimura, Haruhiko ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Cavernous sinus; Ophthalmoplegia; Tolosa Hunt syndrome

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; SULFUR;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STEROID THERAPY; TOLOSA HUNT SYNDROME;

EID: 0036120073     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.96.3.0600     Document Type: Article

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