Ö. Taşkın Yücel

Subdural empyema and blindness due to cavernous sinus thrombosis in acute frontal sinusitis

In this era of antibiotics, the complications of acute sinusitis are much less frequently encountered. Although orbital complications are most common, intracranial complications carry a high rate of mortality and morbidity. We describe a case of acute frontal sinusitis with subdural empyema and blindness due to cavernous sinus thrombosis and carotid artery thrombosis with a discussion of treatment of these complications and the etiology of blindness in sinusitis.

A venous anomaly of the neck

Vascular anomalies localize mostly in the head and neck region. Besides the complications they present, when they are left untouched, they are cosmetically ugly. A vascular lesion in any part of the body of a child is always bothersome to the parents and may be a problem for the family. The confusion about classification of these lesions and the delay in seeing the physician may adversely affect the child also. There has been a debate concerning the classification of vascular malformations, their clinical presentation, and their treatment modalities. In this paper we reviewed the classification as accepted in the literature and presented a case of huge venous anomaly in the neck region with its angiographic and MRI views and discussed the possible complications and modes of treatment.