Gram-negative rods and anaerobes may also lead to cavernous sinus thrombosis.
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Ludwig's angina and cavernous sinus thrombosis are rare but serious complications of odontogenic infections.
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The relationship between this area and a risk of cavernous sinus thrombosis was described as early as 1852.
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This can result in septic cavernous sinus thrombosis, which is a rare, but life-threatening condition.
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In 1937 a study found that 61 % of the cases of cavernous sinus thrombosis were the result of blood thinners.
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In patients with thrombophlebitis of the facial vein, pieces of the clot may break off and enter the cavernous sinus, forming a cavernous sinus thrombosis.
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Sinusitis may extend to the central nervous system, where it may cause cavernous sinus thrombosis, retrograde meningitis, and epidural, subdural, and brain abscesses.
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The "'danger triangle of the face "'consists of the area from the corners of the brain causing cavernous sinus thrombosis, meningitis or brain abscess.
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Potential causes of cavernous sinus syndrome include metastatic tumors, direct extension of nasopharyngeal tumors, meningioma, pituitary tumors or pituitary apoplexy, aneurysms of the intracavernous carotid artery, carotid-cavernous fistula, bacterial infection causing cavernous sinus thrombosis, aseptic thrombosis, idiopathic granulomatous disease ( Tolosa-Hunt syndrome ), and fungal infections.
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