TY - JOUR
T1 - Not all Headaches are Migraines
AU - Chih-Hui Tien, Melissa
AU - Ramachandran, Prashanth
AU - White, Owen B
AU - Lee, Andrew G
N1 - Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/5/9
Y1 - 2016/5/9
N2 - A 40-year-old Somali woman presented features of a right sided cavernous sinus syndrome which was confirmed with neuro-imaging. While initial investigations were equivocal for an infectious etiology, subsequent investigations led to a diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) as the cause for right sided cavernous sinus syndrome. This case illustrates that, while the incidence of TB cavernous sinus syndrome is reportedly low, patients originating from TB endemic regions warrant scrupulous investigations in order not to miss the diagnosis and effect appropriate treatment.
AB - A 40-year-old Somali woman presented features of a right sided cavernous sinus syndrome which was confirmed with neuro-imaging. While initial investigations were equivocal for an infectious etiology, subsequent investigations led to a diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) as the cause for right sided cavernous sinus syndrome. This case illustrates that, while the incidence of TB cavernous sinus syndrome is reportedly low, patients originating from TB endemic regions warrant scrupulous investigations in order not to miss the diagnosis and effect appropriate treatment.
U2 - 10.1016/j.survophthal.2016.05.001
DO - 10.1016/j.survophthal.2016.05.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 27174695
SN - 0039-6257
JO - Survey of Ophthalmology
JF - Survey of Ophthalmology
ER -