KROK 1 Stomatology 2013 – Question 75 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 26-year-old patient was found to have a big furuncle of soft tissues of face by the root of nose and inferior eyelid. This disease can be seriously complicated by the infection spreading along veins of this region to the sinuses of dura brain mater. What sinus is most likely to be affected?
- A. Sigmoid
- B. Cavernous
- C. Petrosal
- D. Superior sagittal
- E. Occipital
Hint
Trace the venous drainage from the nasal root and lower eyelid through the angular vein into the orbit and on into the cranial cavity.
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