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Lateral sinus thrombosis as a complication of chronic suppurative otitis media

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18 cases of lateral sinus thrombosis are reported. All cases occured as a complication of attico-antral type of chronic suppurative otitis media. LST was found alone in 22.2% cases. LST was found associated with peri-sinus abscess (77.8%), meningitis (38.9%) and cerebellar abscess (16.6%). Surgical treatment consisted of radical mastoidectomy with incision of lateral sinus and suction of its contents in all cases; while in 16.7% cases sinuses were also obliterated after instituting free bleeding at LST site. Death occured in 5 cases (27.7%). The mortality for LST, while greatly reduced due to antibiotics, still remains significant.

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An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF03048634.

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Bhatia, S. Lateral sinus thrombosis as a complication of chronic suppurative otitis media. IJO & HNS 48, 110–113 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03048056

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