The cavernous sinus within the human head is one of the dural venous sinuses creating a cavity called the lateral sellar compartment bordered by the temporal...
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Cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) is the formation of a blood clot within the cavernous sinus, a cavity at the base of the brain which drains deoxygenated...
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A carotid-cavernous fistula results from an abnormal communication between the arterial and venous systems within the cavernous sinus in the skull. It...
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(via the ophthalmic veins) between the facial vein and the cavernous sinus. The cavernous sinus lies within the cranial cavity, between layers of the meninges...
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venous sinuses included the superior sagittal sinus, inferior sagittal sinus, transverse sinus, straight sinus, sigmoid sinus and cavernous sinus. These...
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cavernous sinus. The superior ophthalmic vein can be a path for the spread of infection from the danger triangle of the face to the cavernous sinus and...
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Internal carotid artery (redirect from Cavernous part of internal carotid artery)
passes through the superior part of the foramen on its way to the cavernous sinus. As such it does not traverse the skull through it. The inferior part...
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Thrombosis (section Cavernous sinus thrombosis)
random. Cavernous sinus thrombosis is a specialised form of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, where there is thrombosis of the cavernous sinus of the basal...
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complication of sphenoidal sinusitis is cavernous sinus thrombosis. If a fast-growing tumor erodes the floor of the sphenoidal sinus, the vidian nerve could be in...
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Less common: Increased intracranial pressure, giant cell arteritis, cavernous sinus mass (e.g. meningioma, Brain stem Glioblastoma aneurysm, metastasis)...
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