Gradenigo syndrome
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Gradenigo syndrome consists of the triad of:
- petrous apicitis
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abducens nerve palsy,
secondarysecondary to involvement of the nerve as it passes through Dorello canal - retro-orbital pain, or pain in the cutaneous distribution of the frontal and maxillary divisions of the trigeminal nerve, due to extension of inflammation into Meckel cave
Pathology
Common pathogens are Pseudomonas and Enterococcus spp.
History and etymology
It was first described Giuseppe Conte Gradenigo (1859-1926), Italian otolaryngologist in 1907 2,3.
-<a href="/articles/abducens-nerve">abducens nerve</a> palsy, secondary to involvement of the nerve as it passes through <a href="/articles/dorello-canal">Dorello canal</a>- +<a title="Sixth nerve palsy" href="/articles/sixth-nerve-palsy">abducens nerve palsy</a>, secondary to involvement of the nerve as it passes through <a href="/articles/dorello-canal">Dorello canal</a>
-<li>retro-orbital pain, or pain in the cutaneous distribution of the frontal and maxillary divisions of the <a href="/articles/trigeminal-nerve">trigeminal nerve</a>, due to extension of inflammation into <a href="/articles/meckel-s-cave">Meckel cave</a>- +<li>retro-orbital pain, or pain in the cutaneous distribution of the frontal and maxillary divisions of the <a href="/articles/trigeminal-nerve">trigeminal nerve</a>, due to extension of inflammation into <a href="/articles/meckels-cave-2">Meckel cave</a>
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