Pediatric COVID-19–Associated Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis

Tyler Pfister; Claci Ayers; Lawrence Stack

doi:10.7326/aimcc.2022.0234

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases (Oct 2022)

Pediatric COVID-19–Associated Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis

Tyler Pfister,
Claci Ayers,
Lawrence Stack

Affiliations

Tyler Pfister: 1Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Claci Ayers: 2Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Lawrence Stack: 2Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7326/aimcc.2022.0234
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 8

Abstract

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This report details the physical and imaging findings associated with a pediatric case of cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) that developed in the setting of COVID-19 infection, sinusitis, and orbital cellulitis. COVID-19 is rarely associated with CST but may contribute to the development by inducing hypercoagulability.

Published in Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases

ISSN: 2767-7664 (Online)
Publisher: American College of Physicians
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine
Website: https://www.acpjournals.org/journal/aimcc

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