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Cavernous sinus syndrome caused by a primary paranasal sinus non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Ziv Williams
Affiliation:
Stanford Medical School, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA.
Alex Norbash
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA.
Richard L. Goode*
Affiliation:
Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Richard Goode, Stanford University Medical Center, Division of Otolaryngology – HNS, 300 Pasteur Drive, R135, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

Abstract

Although uncommon, non-Hodgkin's lymphomas occasionally arise from the nose and paranasal sinuses. Rarely, they may invade into the cavernous sinus and produce signs and symptoms that characteristically include unilateral ophthalmoplegia, sensation loss in the distribution of the ophthalmic and other divisions of the trigeminal nerve, sympathetic nerve paralysis and proptosis. In this report, we present a case of cavernous sinus syndrome (CSS) caused by infiltration of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma from the adjacent paranasal sinuses and address issues regarding its diagnosis and treatment.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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