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- Title
Bilateral Longus Colli Abscesses as a Complication of Advanced Bacterial Rhinosinusitis.
- Authors
Lee, Jaclyn; Esianor, Brandon; Tittman, Sarah M.; Chandra, Rakesh; Bauer, Ashley M.
- Abstract
Known complications of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis include retropharyngeal abscess, cavernous sinus thrombosis, intracranial abscess, and associated sequelae. We describe the case of a patient with longus colli abscess formation resulting from acute pansinusitis, complicated by bilateral cavernous sinus thrombosis in the setting of concurrent viral pneumonitis, severe sepsis, and a large area cerebral infarction. The bilateral longus colli abscesses were drained via stereotactic image-guided endonasal sinus surgery, yielding Staphylococcus hominis in culture. The described disease progressed rapidly over a 2-week course amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Subjects
BACTERIAL disease complications; STROKE diagnosis; VIRAL pneumonia; BACTEREMIA; BRAIN; CAVERNOUS sinus thrombosis; FEVER; ABSCESSES; CEREBRAL infarction; RESPIRATORY infections; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; RISK assessment; TREATMENT effectiveness; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL diseases; CEREBRAL arteries; SINUSITIS; NECK muscles; RADIOSURGERY; DISEASE risk factors; DISEASE complications
- Publication
ENT: Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 2023, Vol 102, Issue 9, pNP426
- ISSN
0145-5613
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/01455613211018563