Orbital cellulitis is an infrequent complication of acute ethmoiditis possibly leading to life- or visual-threatening complications. Despite its natural history is well known, its clinical evolution may widely vary among patients, and even in the most favourable cases long-term sequelae may persist. We here provide a step-by-step iconographic description of a periorbital and orbital cellulitis occurring in a child with ipsilateral acute rhinosinusitis. Our report shows that an unusual long-term evolution of periorbital and orbital cellulitis is possible also in apparently favourable cases.
Step-by-step iconographic description of a prolonged but still favourable course of orbital cellulitis in a child with acute rhinosinusitis : an iconographic case study / S. Torretta, P. Marchisio, M. Gaffuri, P. Capaccio, S. Esposito, L. Pignataro. - In: THE ITALIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. - ISSN 1720-8424. - 40:1(2014 Mar 04), pp. 25.25-25.25.
Titolo: | Step-by-step iconographic description of a prolonged but still favourable course of orbital cellulitis in a child with acute rhinosinusitis : an iconographic case study |
Autori: | TORRETTA, SARA SILVIA (Primo) MARCHISIO, PAOLA GIOVANNA (Secondo) PIGNATARO, LORENZO (Ultimo) |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale e Specialistica Settore MED/31 - Otorinolaringoiatria |
Data di pubblicazione: | 4-mar-2014 |
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Tipologia: | Article (author) |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-40-25 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su periodico |