Impacted intranasal foreign body causing orbital cellulitis and mistaken for orbital pathology
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An unusual organism causing orbital cellulitis.
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متن کاملOrbital and Preseptal Cellulitis
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Paediatric Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0189-6725
DOI: 10.4103/0189-6725.70435