Orbital cellulitis and brain abscess – rare complications of maxillo-spheno-ethmoidal rhinosinusitis
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Orbital cellulitis and brain abscess – rare complications of maxillo-spheno-ethmoidal rhinosinusitis
Sinus infections can be complicated by ocular infections and, in late phases, by brain parenchyma infection. The article debates the case of a 12-year-old patient suffering from paucisymptomatic maxillo-spheno-ethmoidal rhinosinusitis, which was later complicated by orbital cellulitis, ending with the development of a brain abscess. The treatment is complex, initially targeting the source of th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Romanian Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2457-4325,2501-2533
DOI: 10.22336/rjo.2017.25