title: Eyelid necrosis complicating acute maxillary sinusitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alun-Jones
mesh_terms: D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D009336:Necrosis; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications*