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Bacterial sinusitis and its frightening complications: subdural empyema and Lemierre syndrome

Identifier

023718

Type of Spiritual Experience

Hallucination

Number of hallucinations: 1

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A description of the experience

Autops Case Rep. 2015 Dec 30;5(4):19-26. doi: 10.4322/acr.2015.029.

Bacterial sinusitis and its frightening complications: subdural empyema and Lemierre syndrome.

Benevides GN1, Salgado GA Jr2, Ferreira CR3, Felipe-Silva A4, Gilio AE5.

  • 1Department of Pediatrics - Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP - Brazil .
  • 2Department of Pathology - Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP - Brazil .
  • 3Anatomic Pathology Division - Hospital Universitário - University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP - Brazil .
  • 4Department of Pathology - Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP - Brazil.; Anatomic Pathology Division - Hospital Universitário - University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP - Brazil.
  • 5Department of Pediatrics - Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP - Brazil.; Division of Pediatrics - Hospital Universitário - University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP - Brazil.

Abstract

The symptoms of a previously healthy 14-year-old female with an initial history of tooth pain and swelling of the left maxillary evolved to a progressive headache and altered neurological findings characterized by auditory hallucinations, sleep disturbances, and aggressiveness.

She was brought to the emergency department after 21 days of the initial symptoms. An initial computed tomography (CT) scan showed frontal subdural empyema with bone erosion. The symptoms continued to evolve to brain herniation 24 hours after admission. A second CT scan showed a left internal jugular vein thrombosis.

The outcome was unfavorable and the patient died on the second day after admission.

The autopsy findings depicted rarefaction of the cranial bone at the left side of the frontal sinus, and overt meningitis. The severe infection was further complicated by thrombophlebitis of the left internal jugular vein up to the superior vena cava with septic embolization to the lungs, pneumonia, and sepsis.

This case report highlights the degree of severity that a trivial infection can reach. The unusual presentation of the sinusitis may have wrongly guided the approach of this unfortunate case.

KEYWORDS:

Adolescent; Empyema, Subdural; Meningoencephalitis; Sinusitis

PMID:

26894042

The source of the experience

PubMed

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