Medical Journal of Australia
Volume 1, Issue 7 p. 366
Short Papers
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INTRACRANIAL COMPLICATIONS OF SPHENOIDAL SINUS INFLAMMATION

I. F. Cook M.B., B.S., PH.D., 

Corresponding Author

I. F. Cook M.B., B.S., PH.D.

Former Resident Medical Officer

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, W.A., 6000

Address for reprints: Dr I. F. Cook, 1st RTB, Kapooka, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. 2661.

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D. A. Cabral M.B., B.S., 

D. A. Cabral M.B., B.S.

Registrar

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, W.A., 6000

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W. D. Reed M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.P., 

W. D. Reed M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.P.

Consultant Physician

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, W.A., 6000

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R. J. Bond M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.S., 

R. J. Bond M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.S.

Consultant E.N.T.

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, W.A., 6000

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A. Henderson M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.PATH., F.R.C.P.A., 

A. Henderson M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.PATH., F.R.C.P.A.

Consultant Microbiologist

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, W.A., 6000

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First published: 01 April 1981
https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1981.tb135637.x
Citations: 8

Abstract

A young man who presented with bacterial meningitis and visual disturbance developed a left sixth nerve palsy due to an isolated sphenoidal sinus inflammation caused by Corynebacterium haemolyticum. Sphenoidal sinusitis and intracranial infection by C. haemolyticum are uncommon complications.

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