ABSTRACT
Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a malignant tumor involving the salivary glands, rarely developing in the nasopharynx. It is a slowly evolving entity with strong local aggressiveness and a high tendency to recurrence. We report the case of 23-year-old patient with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the nasopharynx presenting with exophthalmos in which radiation therapy is the sole therapeutic option.
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Neurilemmoma/complications , Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms/complications , Sciatic Neuropathy/etiology , Sciatica/etiology , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Middle Aged , Nerve Compression Syndromes/diagnosis , Neurilemmoma/diagnosis , Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms/diagnosis , Sciatic Neuropathy/diagnosis , Sciatica/diagnosis , Thigh/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
We present a rare case of cavernous sinuses air embolism occurring after peripheral venous catheterization. This 44-year-old lady followed for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura was referred to our service for vomiting and critical headaches after blood transfusion for her thrombocytopenia. Having been submitted to a brain computed tomography, this later showed air bubbles in bilateral cavernous sinuses related to cavernous sinuses gas embolism. This condition, which remains purely unusual could be fatal, where the ultimate importance that the radiologists and clinicians to be fully aware of.
