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Cavernous Sinus Syndrome

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Jefferson syndrome

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Cavernous sinus syndrome (CSS) is defined by signs and symptoms (see cavernous sinus anatomy) related to cavernous sinus pathology and include cranial neuropathies, ophthalmoplegia, proptosis and orbital congestion, orbital or facial pain, trigeminal sensory loss, and ocular sympathetic disturbance such as Horner syndrome. CSS can be caused by multiple conditions resulting in pathology of the cavernous sinus or the structures within. CSS can be divided into four types based on etiology: infection, noninfectious inflammation, vascular lesion, and neoplasm. Infectious diseases include cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis, actinomycosis, rhinocerebral mucormycosis, and aspergillosis. Noninfectious inflammatory conditions include Tolosa-Hunt syndrome and idiopathic or secondary inflammatory syndromes. Different types of CSS vascular lesions include aneurysm of the internal carotid artery (ICA), carotid-cavernous fistula, and dural arteriovenous fistula....

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Blanton Eye Institute, The Methodist Hospital, 6560 Fannin Street, Scurlock 450, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Michael L. Morgan, Angelina Espino Barros Palau, Sumayya J. Almarzouqi & Andrew G. Lee

  2. Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, TX, USA

    Andrew G. Lee

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA

    Andrew G. Lee

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Ying Chen & Andrew G. Lee

  5. Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Andrew G. Lee

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  1. Dept of Ophthal & Optometry,AKH, Medical University of Wien Dept of Ophthal & Optometry,AKH, Wien, Austria

    Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main Department of Ophthalmology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Thomas Kohnen

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Chen, Y., Morgan, M.L., Palau, A.E.B., Almarzouqi, S.J., Lee, A.G. (2015). Cavernous Sinus Syndrome. In: Schmidt-Erfurth, U., Kohnen, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35951-4_535-1

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