These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Recurrent periorbital cellulitis in a child. A random event or an underlying anatomical abnormality?
    Author: Karkos PD, Karagama Y, Karkanevatos A, Srinivasan V.
    Journal: Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol; 2004 Dec; 68(12):1529-32. PubMed ID: 15533566.
    Abstract:
    We present a case of recurrent periorbital cellulitis in a child. From the age of 2 years the child was admitted with periorbital cellulitis a total of six times with the first five episodes responding to conservative management with intravenous antibiotics. On the sixth admission endoscopic surgical treatment was carried out. Two abnormalities were noted: an anatomically abnormal uncinate process and an isolated abscess in an ethmoidal cell. It is believed that the abnormal uncinate process caused obstruction of the osteomeatal area, predisposing to recurrent peri-orbital cellulitis. We discuss the importance of early imaging and surgery in recurrent periorbital cellulitis.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]