Thrombosis of the Cavernous Sinus

Abstract

On November 6^th 1919, a man aged 24 was admitted to the Ear, Nose and Throat Department of the Sabbatsberg Hospital who after having been troubled during the last week of October with cough and faintness, but no nasal catarrh, had been seized on the 30^th of the same month with severe headache and general malaise. Two days later, on November 2^nd, his temperature rose to about 39d` C, and both eye-lids on the left side showed a marked swelling. At the same time the vision in the left eye was somewhat impaired the patient seeing surrounding objects blurred. The next day, he vomited, and the eye-lids on the right side became oedematous. That day, November 3^rd, the patient was admitted into the Maria Hospital, where he was treated till the 6^th, when, as mentioned, he was brought over to the Sabbatsberg Ear clinic.