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Differential diagnosis

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The differential diagnosis of cavernous sinus thrombosis includes:

  • carotico-cavernous fistulae due to:
    • trauma
    • aneurysmal rupture
  • orbital or retro-orbital tumour
  • unilateral exophthalmos secondary to Graves' disease
  • ethmoidal sinus mucocoele
  • orbital myositis
  • pseudotumour
  • painful opthalmoplegia

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