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  • Title: [Epidural empyema and orbital phlegmon. Computerized tomographic diagnosis of rare complications of sinusitis].
    Author: Sigmund G, Bähren W, Sigg O, Ranzinger G, Schiefer U.
    Journal: Rofo; 1986 Jul; 145(1):33-7. PubMed ID: 3016817.
    Abstract:
    Among 4019 computed tomograms of the head performed in 2 years we found 2 epidural empyemas combined with an ipsilateral orbital phlegmon and one periorbital abscess with an incipient orbital phlegmon. In all 3 patients they turned out to be intracranial or orbital complications of an adjacent paranasal sinusitis. The CT diagnosis was a guideline for further therapy and was verified by immediate surgery. The reliable diagnosis of orbital and intracranial space-occupying lesions makes CT the radiological method of choice in case of suspicion of a complicated sinusitis.
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