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...

A 76-year-old man presented with slowly progressive swelling in his forehead and left upper eyelid over the course of three months. CT scanning showed non-specific enhancement of subcutaneous tissues, suggesting a low-grade cellulitis. Poor response to treatment prompted an MRI, which revealed the presence of a soft tissue lesion. Biopsy of this lesion was positive for angiosarcoma. The patient...

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...

HPI: A 16 month old male patient presents to the UIHC Oculoplastics Clinic for evaluation of left-sided periorbital swelling. The swelling began three weeks prior to presentation in the setting of an upper respiratory infection. A short course of diphenhydramine did not relieve his symptoms. When he did not respond to a ten-day course of amoxicillin for presumed preseptal cellulitis, he was adm...

Periorbital necrotising fasciitis is an uncommon suppurative condition seen following trauma or in debilitated patients and frequently requires extensive debridement.' The basic pathological process is a cellulitis followed by suppuration and necrosis of the subcutaneous tissues and spread along the fascial planes of the sub-muscular aponeurotic system.2 The most frequently responsible pathogen...

OBJECTIVE To review the epidemiology and clinical course of facial cellulitis attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae in children. DESIGN Cases were reviewed retrospectively at 8 children's hospitals in the United States for the period of September 1993 through December 1998. RESULTS We identified 52 cases of pneumococcal facial cellulitis (45 periorbital and 7 buccal). Ninety-two percent ...

INTRODUCTION Orbital cellulits following cataract surgery is extremely rare. We describe a case of orbital and facial cellulitis that occurred after routine cataract operation with peribulbar anaesthesia. There were no preoperative systemic or ocular risk factors for postoperative infection. CASE DESCRIPTION An 89-year-old man presented to eye casualty, the day after he underwent an uneventfu...

A 6-year-old boy was referred to our hospital with orbital cellulitis. He had a history of 7 days of fever despite antibiotherapy. At first, he only had pharyngitis and conjunctivitis, but then an orbital mass evolved which restricted the movement of his right eye and there was also periorbital inflammation resembling orbital cellulitis. Examination at presentation revealed conjunctivitis with ...