Kafadar İhsan, Sözen Mukaddes Esra, Büyüktaş Aytaç Didem, Yalçın Koray
Department of Pediatrics, Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Department of Ear Nose and Throat, Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Pediatr Int. 2014 Dec;56(6):918-920. doi: 10.1111/ped.12400.
Although appropriate use of antibiotics has decreased mortality, lateral sinus thrombosis is a rare, important intracranial complication of acute otitis media. Herein is described the case of a 5-year-old patient with lateral sinus thrombosis after acute otitis media. We emphasize the need to be alert for lateral sinus thrombosis when treating acute otitis media.