Lateral sinus thrombosis associated with otitis media and mastoiditis in children

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1995 Jul;14(7):617-23. doi: 10.1097/00006454-199507000-00013.

Abstract

Lateral sinus thrombosis (LST) is an infrequent complication of otitis media and mastoiditis in the antibiotic era. A recent case of LST in a 7-year-old boy, the third such case at our institutions in the past 5 years, prompted a review of the modern day English literature concerning LST in pediatric patients. Our goal was to highlight the clinical findings suggestive of LST in the antibiotic era as well as to analyze retrospectively the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities of greatest benefit based on the outcomes reported in the reviewed studies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents*
  • Child
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / administration & dosage
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mastoiditis / complications*
  • Mastoiditis / diagnosis
  • Mastoiditis / therapy
  • Otitis Media / complications*
  • Otitis Media / diagnosis
  • Otitis Media / therapy
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / diagnosis
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / etiology*
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents