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Suppurative complications of infective sinusitis. 1997

B J Conlon, and A Curran, and C V Timon

Department of Otolaryngology, St. James's Hospital, Dublin.

We report three cases of suppurative sinusitis that presented to our casualty department over a one week period. All three patients suffered complications of the disease secondary to extension of the inflammatory process beyond the bony confines of the sinus. None of the patients had previous history of sinus disease. We wish to remind the clinician that such complications still exist and we highlight the necessity of rapid diagnosis and early intervention in the management of complicated sinus disease.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D009916	Orbital Diseases	Diseases of the bony orbit and contents except the eyeball.	Disease, Orbital,Diseases, Orbital,Orbital Disease
D001927	Brain Diseases	Pathologic conditions affecting the BRAIN, which is composed of the intracranial components of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. This includes (but is not limited to) the CEREBRAL CORTEX; intracranial white matter; BASAL GANGLIA; THALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; BRAIN STEM; and CEREBELLUM.	Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorders,Brain Disorders,CNS Disorders, Intracranial,Central Nervous System Disorders, Intracranial,Central Nervous System Intracranial Disorders,Encephalon Diseases,Encephalopathy,Intracranial CNS Disorders,Brain Disease,Brain Disorder,CNS Disorder, Intracranial,Encephalon Disease,Encephalopathies,Intracranial CNS Disorder
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D012852	Sinusitis	Inflammation of the NASAL MUCOSA in one or more of the PARANASAL SINUSES.	Sinus Infections,Infection, Sinus,Infections, Sinus,Sinus Infection,Sinusitides
D013354	Empyema, Subdural	An intracranial or rarely intraspinal suppurative process invading the space between the inner surface of the DURA MATER and the outer surface of the ARACHNOID.	Abscess, Intracranial, Subdural,Subdural Empyema,Subdural Empyemas
D013492	Suppuration	A pathologic process consisting in the formation of pus.	Pus