TY - JOUR T1 - Cavernous sinus and jugular thromboses, base of skull osteomyelitis and cranial nerve palsies: catastrophic complications of sphenoid sinusitis JF - BMJ Case Reports JO - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2022-253496 VL - 16 IS - 2 SP - e253496 AU - Wen-An Jih AU - Tej Shukla AU - Jennifer Gillespie AU - Paul Robert Chapman Y1 - 2023/02/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/16/2/e253496.abstract N2 - Sphenoid sinusitis is a clinically important entity as it may be associated with catastrophic complications including cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST), cerebral abscess or infarction, meningitis, base of skull osteomyelitis and cranial nerve palsies. We report a case of occult sphenoid sinusitis presenting as Streptococcus intermedius bacteraemia, bilateral jugular vein and CST, cranial nerve palsy and base of skull osteomyelitis. ER -