apr 12, 1907 - Gradenigo syndrome

Description:

petrous apicitis
abducens nerve palsy, secondary 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
Common pathogens are Pseudomonas and Enterococcus spp.
Giuseppe Conte Gradenigo (1859-1926), Italian otolaryngologist

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