Cavernous sinus syndrome

The clinical consequences of a blood clot in the sinus cavernosus. Symptoms commonly include headache, unilateral or bilateral facial pain, ocular paralysis, facial edema, and retinal edema.


Muscle paralysis caused by impairment of the third, fourth, and sixth cranial nerves. This condition occurs due to a blood clot in the cavernous sinus, a dilated blood vessel located at the brain’s base.


 

 


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