In 1907, Guisseppe
Gradenigo described a symptom complex of suppurative otitis media, pain in the distribution of the trigeminal nerve, and abducens (6th) nerve palsy [6].
(1) Department of Pathology, Humanitas
Gradenigo Hospital, Turin, Italy
(2) Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Via
Gradenigo 6, 35131 Padova, Italy
(4) Emergency and Critical Care, Presidio Sanitario
Gradenigo, Torino, Italy
For the discovery of the sheet, see Carole Blumenfeld, Une facetie de Fragonard: Les revelations d'un dessin retrouve (Montreuil, France: Gourcuff
Gradenigo, 2013).
The classic
Gradenigo syndrome triad is completed with the addition of diplopia due to involvement of the abducens nerve in the Dorello canal in the petroclival region and deafness due to concurrent suppurative otitis media (2, 21).
Clinical findings were compatible with the classic triad of
Gradenigo's syndrome.
The detailed knowledge of the area where Dorello's canal has elucidated the mechanism of cranial nerve VI palsy in several pathological conditions, such as intracranial pressure, hypoplasia of the canal (Chua et al., 2011), aneurysms and
Gradenigo syndrome caused by infection and inflammation of the apex (Ambekar et al).
(8) ASVe, Archivio
Gradenigo Rio Marin (hereafter AGRM), busta 79, fasc.
Not only will they be working hard but they will be having a lot of fun while doing it," said Dominic
Gradenigo, Founder of G&G Elite Sports.
Gradenigo Syndrome: Case Report And Review of The Literature.