Eyelid swelling and erythema as the only signs of subperiosteal abscess.
On clinical grounds it is usually easy to distinguish between preseptal cellulitis, a cutaneous infection not threatening to vision, and orbital cellulitis, a potentially vision threatening infection of the orbital tissues generally arising from paranasal sinusitis. We recently cared for two patients with a clinical diagnosis of preseptal cellulitis who had CT scan evidence of subperiosteal abscess. Antibiotic therapy alone resulted in clinical resolution in each case.
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Division of Ophthalmology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York 11042.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D004890:Erythema / Q000209:etiology*; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D010521:Periosteum