Table 2 Intracranial complication of odontogenic sinusitis
From: Parietal subdural empyema as complication of acute odontogenic sinusitis: a case report
Author Reference number | Cases/total | Involved sinuses | Odontogenic cause | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diagnosis | Site of complication | Notes | |||
Maniglia et al. [3] | 1/13 | Pansinusitis | Confirmed | Multiple subdural empyema | Bacteroides; Dead |
Clayman et al. [2] | 2/24 | Frontal/maxillary | Probable | Meningitis | – |
Maxillary | Probable | Multiple septic embolic infarcts | – | ||
Giannoni et al. [7] | 1/12 | Maxillary | Probable | – | – |
Chandy et al. [11] | 1 | Ethmoid/maxillary/frontal | Confirmed | Pott’s puffy tumor and epidural abscess | Dental extraction 2 months before |
Lu et al. [18] | 1/9 | – | Probable | Brain abscess | Bacteroides |
Roche et al. [20] | 2/35 | – | Confirmed | Brain abscess | – |
Martines et al. [22] | 1 | Ethmoid/maxillary/frontal | Confirmed | Parietal subdural empyema | Bacteroides |