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Complications of Sinusitis
Complications of sinusitis are rare, and antibiotics can often control the spread of infection to the adjoining bone.
Untreated cases may, very rarely, lead to:
- periobital cellultis (spreading inflammation of tissue),
- meningitis,
- brain abscesses,
- mucocoeles or mucopyocoeles (cysts or abrasions in the sinuses), or
- venous sinus thrombosis (blood clots in the sinus veins).
