Eyelid necrosis complicating acute maxillary sinusitis.
Orbital cellulitis is a well recognized complication of paranasal sinusitis. Fearon et al. (1979) reviewed 6,770 cases of sinusitis, of which only 159 had orbital cellulitis. We report a case in which orbital cellulitis progressed to necrosis of the eyelids. This was treated by desloughing and split skin grafting.
Hill
J
J
Department of Otolaryngology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
Alun-Jones
T
T
D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D009336:Necrosis; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications*