Cavernous sinus syndrome in the context of differential diagnosis of disorders of the orbit and nearby anatomic structures of the cerebrum and skull

Abstract

Review of the literature on the problem of semiotics of pathological processes in the region of the cavernous sinus is presented. Discussed in detail are clinical picture, course, prognosis and methods of verification of the cavernous sinus syndrome, and extreme clinical heterogeneity of this condition is stressed. Main attention is focused on questions of vascular genesis in the development of this syndrome and, primarily, on aneurism of the internal carotid artery. In the review, a detailed analysis of the topic approach in differential diagnosis of the cavernous sinus syndrome with other clinically similar disorders is given.

Keywords

• cavernous sinus
• oculomotor nerves
• aneurism of the internal carotid artery