apr 12, 1907 - Gradenigo syndrome
Description:
petrous apicitisabducens 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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Date:
apr 12, 1907
Now
~ 119 years ago