[Orbital cellulitis after a dental infection].
Blindness as a complication of a dental infection is rare. A nineteen-year-old male is presented with an apical abscess, leading to a maxillary sinusitis, orbital cellulitis and an imminent cavernous sinus thrombosis.
van der Borden
J
J
Steinmetz
P A
PA
Abraham-Inpijn
L
L
Visser
C E
CE
Westerbeek
H A
HA
D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000209:etiology; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010482:Periapical Abscess / Q000150:complications*
Orbita-flegmone als gevolg van een dentogene infectie.