PURPOSE To report a patient who was referred for orbital cellulitis but was finally diagnosed with acute leukemia. CASE REPORT A 17-year-old boy presented with fever, periorbital erythema and swelling mimicking periorbital cellulitis. He underwent empiric antibiotic therapy. Complete blood counts revealed leukocytosis with a predominance of immature blast cells. Bone marrow aspiration confirm...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Bacterial infection of the orbital structures can affect all age groups, but is more frequent in pediatric populations. Prompt recognition, correct diagnosis, and adequate management are important if serious complications are to be avoided. This study sought to delineate the clinical, bacteriological and radiological findings, management and outcome of orbital cellulitis....

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.
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A case of orbital cellulitis complicating the rare isolated unilateral sphenoidal sinusitis is reported, stressing the importance of a CT scan where plain x-rays fail to show any abnormality.

BACKGROUND The orbital complications account for about 80% of all complications secondary to acute rhinosinusitis. If the treatment is not correct and in time, orbital complications could progress rapidly, leading to optic neuritis, cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis or life-threatening intracranial complications. AIMS To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of conservative therapy for the patient...

Purpose To describe a case of orbital apex syndrome as a result of isolated bacterial sinusitis. Observations A 63-year-old woman presented with an orbital apex syndrome from isolated bacterial sinusitis with rapidly declining visual acuity to no light perception. We compared our case with 6 similar cases of severe vision loss from isolated bacterial sinusitis. In contrast to previously publi...