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. 1995 Apr;16(4):960-3.

MR features of pachymeningitis presenting with sixth-nerve palsy secondary to sphenoid sinusitis.

W Nemzek 1, G Postma 1, V Poirier 1, S Hecht 1
PMCID: PMC8332316  PMID: 7611085

Abstract

Pachymeningitis manifested by localized enhancing dural thickening adjacent to the clivus on MR images of two patients with sphenoid sinusitis and sixth-nerve palsy is presented. This is an unusual complication of sphenoid sinusitis. Prompt diagnosis and therapy may avoid significant intracranial complications.

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