Pansinusitis of the face caused by Streptococcus milleri with cerebral thrombophlebitis after naso-sphenoid surgery of the pituitary gland
Riche, H.; Chiara, Y.; Jaboulay, J.M.
Minerva Anestesiologica 58(4 Suppl. 1): 135-137
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0375-9393 PMID: 1620434 Document Number: 393940
The authors report a patient operated on trans-nasosphenoidally for a pituitary adenoma (Cushing's disease) in whom a severe infection occurred with cavernous thrombophlebitis responsible for neurological complications.
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