This paper reports the accidental injection of formalin into oral tissue space, in an 8-year old child resulting in chemical facial necrotizing cellulitis and its management. The common practice of keeping formalin in local anesthesia vials should be avoided by dental clinics, to prevent such unfortunate incidents.

Cavernous sinus thrombosis is a rare, potentially fatal cause of cerebral venous thrombosis. Infectious causes typically arise from the mid face, orbit, or sinonasal region. We present a case of bilateral cavernous sinus and superior ophthalmic thrombosis secondary to an extreme case of facial cellulitis.

Haemophilus influenzae is a well-recognised cause of serious infections, common manifestations including meningitis, epiglottitis, and pneumonia.' Facial cellulitis is an uncommon but characteristic presentation,2 3 but has not been described from Britain. Its early clinical recognition is especially important because of associated bacteraemia. We describe four such cases seen within nine month...

The species of Capnocytophaga and Aggregatibacter are normal flora and mostly cause periodontal diseases. The soft tissue infection caused by Aggregatibacter often is associated with Actinomyces species. Beside, most Capnocytophaga infections are described in immunocompromised patients. We identified facial cellulitis caused by Capnocytophaga spp and Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycet...

Varicella-zoster (chickenpox) infection is a common infectious disease and generally considered to be selflimiting. However, severe bacterial complications associated with the disease have been reported. We describe a case of varicella-zoster infection with secondary Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, preseptal orbital cellulitis and extensive facial abscesses. She was aggressively treated with ...

CASE REPORT A 54 year old male, who consulted for acute inflammatory palpebral edema. The patient has HIV infection (on antiretroviral treatment) and an associated facial lipodystrophy that was filled with polyalkylimide in both frontotemporal regions one year before. MRI revealed subcutaneous abscesses in the filled areas, which led to preseptal cellulitis. Complete remission was achieved with...

Leprosy is an easily recognizable disease due to its dermato-neurological manifestations. It must be present in the physician's diagnostic repertoire, especially for those working in endemic areas. However, leprosy reaction is not always easily recognized by non-dermatologists, becoming one of the major problems in the management of patients with leprosy, as it presents clinical complications c...

purpose: to evaluate the epidemiology of orbital and preseptal cellulitis in patients admitted to labbafinejed medical center from 1997 to 2007. methods: hospital records of patients were reviewed. personal and clinical characteristics of the patients together with results of treatment and complications of the disease were evaluated. results: during the study period, 93 patients including 54 ca...