<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The cases with sphenoid sinusitis associated with abducens nerve palsy are rarely cited in the literature. We present the case of a 41-year-old patient who was hospitalized for right hemicrania and ipsilateral paresis of the abducens nerve, without any other ENT previous pathology. The ENT, ophthalmologic, neurological and paraclinical evaluations (nasal endoscopy, MRI examination) have established the diagnosis of right sphenoid rhinosinusitis complicated with unilateral abducens nerve palsy. In such cases, it is important to make a differential diagnosis with tumor pathology as well as that of an infection outbreak located intracranially. In this case, the patient’s evolution was favourable after endoscopic surgical treatment of the sphenoid rhinosinusitis.</p></abstract>

The cases with sphenoid sinusitis associated with abducens nerve palsy are rarely cited in the literature. We present the case of a 41-year-old patient who was hospitalized for right hemicrania and ipsilateral paresis of the abducens nerve, without any other ENT previous pathology. The ENT, ophthalmologic, neurological and paraclinical evaluations (nasal endoscopy, MRI examination) have established the diagnosis of right sphenoid rhinosinusitis complicated with unilateral abducens nerve palsy. In such cases, it is important to make a differential diagnosis with tumor pathology as well as that of an infection outbreak located intracranially. In this case, the patient’s evolution was favourable after endoscopic surgical treatment of the sphenoid rhinosinusitis.

Sphenoid rhinosinusitis associated with abducens nerve palsy – Case report

ENT Department, Braila Emergency County Hospital

Radiology Department, Braila Emergency Hospital

Romanian Journal of Rhinology

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The cases with sphenoid sinusitis associated with abducens nerve palsy are rarely cited in the literature. We present the case of a 41-year-old patient who was...

Sphenoid rhinosinusitis associated with abducens nerve palsy – Case report

Published Online: May 08, 2018

Page range: 125 - 130

Received: Feb 23, 2018

Accepted: Mar 15, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjr-2018-0014

Keywords
sphenoid sinusitis, abducens nerve palsy, diplopia

© 2018 Lucian Lapusneanu et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Sphenoid rhinosinusitis associated with abducens nerve palsy – Case report

Published Online: May 08, 2018

Page range: 125 - 130

Received: Feb 23, 2018

Accepted: Mar 15, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjr-2018-0014

Keywordssphenoid sinusitis, abducens nerve palsy, diplopia

© 2018 Lucian Lapusneanu et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
sphenoid sinusitis, abducens nerve palsy, diplopia