Wegener's granulomatosis with extension to the cavernous sinus.

Background: Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is an uncommon inflammatory disease which rarely is reported to invade the cavernous sinus.

Objective: To report a case of cavernous sinus syndrome in a patient with longstanding pansinusitis who was found to have Wegener's granulomatosis.

Patient: A 59-year-old African American woman presented with a 10-day history of increasing nasal congestion with loss of taste and a 5-day history of increasing right frontal head pain with visual blurring of the right eye.