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.
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