Sphenoid sinusitis

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Keywords:

surgery, rinosinusitis, computed tomography.

Abstract

Introduction: Sphenoidal rhinosinusitis is rare. It is a condition related to inflammation and infection of the mucosa that lines the sphenoid sinus cavity, which can be polysymptomatic with predominance of throbbing and unbearable headache for the patient.

Objective: Describe the symptoms of a patient with sphenoid sinusitis.

Clinical case: Elderly adult, female, white, who arrives at the emergency room of the Comandante Faustino Pérez University Clinical Surgical Hospital in Matanzas, with high fever, intense and pulsating headache with retroocular irradiation and discrete catarrhal symptoms.

Conclusions: The diagnosis of sphenoidal rhinosinusitis, although rare, is frequently made in advanced stages, and sometimes due to the presence of complications. The importance of using endoscopic surgery to identify this disease is evident.

 

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Author Biographies

Yoel Medina Hernández, Hospital Universitario Clínico Quirúrgico Comandante Faustino Perez Hernández, Matanzas

Especialista 1 grado MGI.Especialista 1 grado de ORL.Profesor instructor.Diplomado en Cirugía de Senos Paranasales y Base de Cráneo

Mayrelis Novoa Caballero, Hospital Universitario Clínico Quirúrgico Comandante Faustino Perez Hernández, Matanzas

Especialista Laboratorio Clinico

Published

2023-02-16

How to Cite

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Medina Hernández Y, Novoa Caballero M. Sphenoid sinusitis. Rev Cubana Otorrinolaringol Cirug Cabeza Cuello [Internet]. 2023 Feb. 16 [cited 2025 Apr. 24];7(1). Available from: https://revotorrino.sld.cu/index.php/otl/article/view/270

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Presentación de casos