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Aneurysm
Research findings from Showa University, Medical Department update understanding of aneurysm
April 27th, 2009
According to recent research from Tokyo, Japan, "A previously healthy 56-year-old woman presented with right-sided ophthalmic pain and diplopia following headache and fever. A neurological examination revealed 3rd and 6th right cranial nerve palsies." "Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and 3D-computed tomography (CT) angiography (CTA) showed right-sided sphenoid sinusitis, cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis, and aneurysms in the right intracavernous carotid artery and in a portion of internal carotid-posterior communicating artery. We diagnosed her condition as cavernous sinus syndrome with an infectious aneurysm secondary to sphenoiditis; therefore, broad spectrum...
Source: Pain & Central Nervous System Week (2009-04-27)
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