PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rimal, D
AU  - Hashmi, S M
AU  - Prinsley, P R
TI  - An unusual presentation of sphenoid sinusitis with septicaemia in a healthy young adult
AID  - 10.1136/emj.2005.033340
DP  - 2006 Jun 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - e36--e36
VI  - 23
IP  - 6
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/23/6/e36.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/23/6/e36.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2006 Jun 01; 23
AB  - Streptococcus pneumonia and Haemophilus influenzae account for more than 50% of bacterial acute sinusitis. Isolated sphenoid sinusitis is a rare disease with potentially devastating complications such as cranial nerve involvement, brain abscess, and meningitis. It occurs at an incidence of about 2.7% of all sinus infections. There have been no previous reported cases of unilateral sphenoid sinusitis presenting as septicaemia in an otherwise healthy young immunocompetent adult.