Introduction In developing countries, Orbital Cellulitis is relatively a common pathology seen in ENT clinics and Emergency rooms. Frequency of Orbital Cellulitis is reported to be 21-90%.1 It is seen that 10 % of cases with orbital complication of sinusitis, will have partial or permanent loss of vision which may or may not resolve in 2-6 weeks.2 Another known feature of untreated orbital infe...

BACKGROUND The spread of infection from the ethmoid sinuses to the orbit occurs directly through a congenital dehiscence of the lamina papyracea or via haematogenous spread through ophthalmic venous system. Hence orbital complications of paediatric rhinosinusitis are usually unilateral at presentation. METHODS We describe three children with bilateral orbital cellulitis that occurred as a com...

Two patients developed orbital infection secondary to dental infections. In one patient the infection spread from maxillary premolar and molar teeth to the infratemporal and pterygopalatine fossa and then through the inferior orbital fissure to the subperiosteal space. A subperiosteal abscess in the posterior orbital wall developed, which subsequently spread within the muscle cone. In the secon...