Orbital-facial complications of sinusitis in children.
Although complications of sinusitis in children have lessened remarkably since and advent of antibiotics, nevertheless they still occur. In a 25-year period at the Hospital for Sick Children, 6,770 patients with the diagnosis of sinusitis were reviewed and 159 of these had orbital-facial complications. Surgical intervention was necessary in 17 to prevent more serious complications. Although there were no deaths in non-malignant disease, two patients developed permanent optic atrophy, presumably because of delayed surgical drainage. On occasion, malignant disease may simulate inflammatory processes.
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009915:Orbit; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis