Clinical case of the month. Sudden orbital cellulitis in the emergency unit
Rémont, L.; Betz, P.; Goffart, Y.; Hua, M.T.
Revue medicale de Liege 66(10): 513-515
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0370-629X PMID: 22141256 Document Number: 651843
We report a case of infectious orbital cellulitis complicating a frontal sinusitis in a seventy-three-year-old patient. The onset of this orbital complication was sudden. A clinical examination and an orbital CT-scan allowed an early diagnosis. Despite an appropriate surgical and medical treatment, the patient retains an altered visual function. We consider the clinical causes and consequences of orbital cellulitis as well as their surgical indications.