Bilateral Sigmoid Sinus Thrombosis and Otitis Media

Sigmoid sinus thrombosis is a rare complication of otitis media and is known to be unilateral. In this report, we present a case of bilateral sigmoid sinus thrombosis secondary to bilateral otitis. To the best of our knowledge, there are no bilateral-simultaneous cases reported in literature to date...

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Main Authors: Serap Köybaşı Şanal, Tuğçe Şimşek, Yusuf Özgür Biçer, Fatih Demircioğlu
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Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayincilik 2015-06-01
Series:Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
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author Serap Köybaşı Şanal
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Yusuf Özgür Biçer
Fatih Demircioğlu
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description Sigmoid sinus thrombosis is a rare complication of otitis media and is known to be unilateral. In this report, we present a case of bilateral sigmoid sinus thrombosis secondary to bilateral otitis. To the best of our knowledge, there are no bilateral-simultaneous cases reported in literature to date. Here, the diagnosis of and treatment for the disease as well as predisposing factors are discussed.
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spelling doaj.art-1bdcaa36f563404a8935dcd3e82bfa162023-02-15T16:17:35ZengGalenos YayincilikTurkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology2667-74742015-06-01532848910.5152/tao.2015.51213049054Bilateral Sigmoid Sinus Thrombosis and Otitis MediaSerap Köybaşı Şanal0Tuğçe Şimşek1Yusuf Özgür Biçer2Fatih Demircioğlu3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey Department of Pediatrics, Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey Sigmoid sinus thrombosis is a rare complication of otitis media and is known to be unilateral. In this report, we present a case of bilateral sigmoid sinus thrombosis secondary to bilateral otitis. To the best of our knowledge, there are no bilateral-simultaneous cases reported in literature to date. Here, the diagnosis of and treatment for the disease as well as predisposing factors are discussed. http://turkarchotolaryngol.net/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/bilateral-sigmoid-sinus-thrombosis-and-otitis-medi/43342 complicationsmastoiditissigmoid sinus thrombosisotitis media
spellingShingle Serap Köybaşı Şanal
Tuğçe Şimşek
Yusuf Özgür Biçer
Fatih Demircioğlu
Bilateral Sigmoid Sinus Thrombosis and Otitis Media
Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
complications
mastoiditis
sigmoid sinus thrombosis
otitis media
title Bilateral Sigmoid Sinus Thrombosis and Otitis Media
title_full Bilateral Sigmoid Sinus Thrombosis and Otitis Media
title_fullStr Bilateral Sigmoid Sinus Thrombosis and Otitis Media
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Sigmoid Sinus Thrombosis and Otitis Media
title_short Bilateral Sigmoid Sinus Thrombosis and Otitis Media
title_sort bilateral sigmoid sinus thrombosis and otitis media
topic complications
mastoiditis
sigmoid sinus thrombosis
otitis media
url http://turkarchotolaryngol.net/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/bilateral-sigmoid-sinus-thrombosis-and-otitis-medi/43342
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