Cases of Orbital Cellulitis Revealing Neglected Intraocular Foreign Bodies

Background: Orbital cellulitis is defined as acute inflammatory orbital swelling of infectious origin. Most often secondary to sinusitis. Intraocular foreign bodies neglected because their small size, or sometimes radio-transparent nature, can be difficult diagnose even with radiology and responsible for cellulitis. We demonstrate the diagnostic therapeutic difficulties.
 Patients Methods: This a retrospective descriptive study patients unilateral revealing intraocular bodies, conducted in Department Adult Ophthalmology, Hospital August 20, 1953, involving 58 patients, from January 2015 until December 2020.
 Results: The average age was 38.5 years. most affected group between 21 30 years clear male predominance. A decrease visual acuity found all (unilateral blindness 43%) complicated by purulent melt (43%). All received medical treatment, including intravitreal injections antibiotics 71% cases, surgical treatment consisting extraction body immediate evisceration eyeball 25% cases.
 Conclusion: cellulitis, although mostly sinusitis, reveal various etiologies such intra-orbital that go unnoticed life-threatening functionally damaging, especially when diagnosis made late management inappropriate. presence an must suspected cases trauma associated palpebral wound, if it minimal, clinical aggravation. Any delay and/or lead serious complications affect functional vital prognosis. consists body. recourse our context unfortunately continues persist at high rates; consultation thus management.