A 33-year-old woman presented to a community emergency department with a 4-day history of monocular orbital pain, photophobia and pain on extraocular movement. Findings included chemosis, conjunctival injection and restricted extraocular movements causing strabismus. She was diagnosed with orbital cellulitis during her initial emergency department visit and treated with intravenous antibiotics....

Orbital cellulitis is rarely reported after strabismus surgery; fewer than 10 cases have been reported. Nonetheless, orbital cellulitis is a potentially sight- and life-threatening condition. A high index of suspicion, use of a multidisciplinary approach, early diagnosis, aggressive treatment, and close monitoring are all important means of avoiding potentially irreversible visual loss and syst...

OBJECTIVE To retrospectively analyse causes of childhood proptosis and their investigations and treatment. METHODOLOGY The records of children under 15 years of age presenting with proptosis to The Children's Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, were reviewed for the period 1983-93 inclusive. RESULTS Fifty-seven cases of proptosis were found. In order of frequency the causes were; orbital cellulit...

A 39-year-old woman visited the emergency room complaining of right eye pain and swelling over the preceding three days. The ophthalmologist's examination revealed orbital cellulitis and diabetic retinopathy in the right eye, although the patient had no prior diagnosis of diabetes. It was therefore suspected that she had diabetes and orbital cellulitis, and she was started on multiple antibioti...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Orbital cellulitis represents a spectrum of diseases, some of which may progress to potentially serious complications. The authors used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) database to analyze the epidemiologic features of pediatric and adult patients admitted for the treatment of orbital cellulitis and to examine associations with surgical management. METHODS The NIS w...

Purpose This is a case report of an unusual case of the family transmission of Streptococcus pyogenes infection in three siblings. One brother contracted the infection which resulted in orbital cellulitis of two of his siblings, in the absence of anatomical or immunological predisposing factors. Observations A young boy contracted an uncomplicated S pyogenes upper respiratory tract infection....

To cite: Hoffman J, Fayers T. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015210106 DESCRIPTION A 53-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis presented with 1 week of progressive right-sided proptosis, diplopia and pain on eye movement, particularly when looking to the left. Examination demonstrated marked lid swelling, limited right elevation and dextroelevati...

INTRODUCTION We report a rare case of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) that developed into an orbital inflammation in an adult. CASE PRESENTATION A 67-year-old Korean man, who had been diagnosed with EKC and treated for conjunctival injection and chemosis in the right eye for 4 days, was referred to Oculoplastics as orbital cellulitis was suspected. At the point of referral, clinical featu...

Orbital cellulitis and abscess formation are rare complications of sinusitis, however acute orbital inflammation is secondary to sinusitis in about 70% of cases. Delay in diagnosis must not occur to avoid serious complications such as blindness and life threatening intracranial sepsis. A case is reported in which despite late referral, emergency surgical intervention was sight saving.