Odontogenic infections lead to life-threatening complications once they reach potential fascial spaces due to decreased immunity in pregnancy. It may also occur due to patient negligence, delayed diagnosis and mismanagemnet. Infratemporal space infection is a rare but a serious sequel of odontogenic infection. We report the case of a 20 year old, four months pregnant patient with carious left m...

Exudative retinal detachment occurs extremely rarely with orbital cellulitis. TB can affect majority of the structures of the eye with marked variability of the lesions. We herein report a 40 year old male who presented with acute left eye protrusion with sudden diminution of vision. On examination there was proptosis of the left eye with restricted extraocular movements. Exudative retinal deta...

In the cases discussed here, the first case is of a 73 yrs old male suffering from diabetes mellitus and second case is of 45 yrs HIV positive female. Both patients presented with pain and swelling of eyelids, conjunctival chemosis, proptosis and reduced visual acuity. They underwent nasal endoscopic drainage of the abscess and orbital decompression. First patient also underwent simultaneous re...

His past medical history was significant for an extensive left sided maxillary sinus surgery 27 years prior for a periorbital abscess complicating cellulitis and sinusitis; and Prostate cancer diagnosed 5 months prior to the current illness. He underwent radical prostatectomy; histopathology revealed Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate with positive surgical margins and Gleason score of 9. There was...

Objectives: The aim of the study was to epidemiological characteristics and management orbital mucormycosis in cases rhino-orbital tertiary care hospital. Methods: It is a retrospective 258 patients presenting KGH, Visakhapatnam, over duration 3 months from June August 2021. After taking detailed history regarding symptoms mucormycosis, visual acuity noted, slit lamp examination done necessary ...

Odontogenic infections are common and very often spread to potential spaces of head neck. The such infection adjacent maxillary sinuses or distant sites as the orbits a rare occurrence may develop periorbital orbital cellulitis. Unfortunately once cellulitis subsequently abscess develops it can give rise serious complications complete blindness even more life-threatening situations cavernous si...

What would you think of if you see a pathologic collection of air as lucency at the superior aspect of the orbital globe in the AP skull radiograph? a) Periorbital abscess b) Orbital emphysema c) Orbital cellulites d) Periorbital foreign body e) Periorbital lymphaticovenous malformation A 9-year-old boy presented to the emergency department (ED) with crepitant swelling of the right upper eyelid...