A Case of Rhinogenic Intracranial Complication

Abstract

Rhinogenic Intracranial infection is a rare complication. Intracranial complication arising from nasal infections, principally afflictions of the accessory sinuses, is a very grave complication. Since the advent of chemotherapy and various antibiotics, its incidence and morbidity has diminished appreciably. A case of rhinogenic spontaneous Intracranial complication is reported herein. The patient was a 16-year-old man with a swelling around the left eye-lid that had existed for two days. There had been headache and high fever. On examination, the spinal fluid was under pressure with a high cell count, consisting mostly of polymorphonuclear cells. Four days after admission, he went into coma. Rhinogenic intracranial complication was suspected. A radical ethmoid, antrum and frontal sinus surgery was immediately carried out. Ten grams of SB-PC and 200 mg of DKB were administered daily, but 12 days after admission, the careful CT scanning revealed that he had a subdural abscess. Drainage of the subdural abscess was carried out. The patient made a complete recovery 7 weeks after admission. © 1981, The Society of Practical Otolaryngology. All rights reserved.