Cerebral Venous Thrombosis with Skull Base Osteomyelitis and a Retropharyngeal Mass

Abstract

88-year-old male with recent history of mastoiditis status post completing outpatient antibiotic regimen presented with worsening neck pain. Found to have complications of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, skull base osteomyelitis and a retropharyngeal mass. This is the eleventh case in medical literature reporting on this phenomenon.