Primary dacryocystitis causing orbital cellulitis.
A patient was examined who had acute dacryocystitis that caused true orbital cellulitis. The symptoms of the cellulitis receded after treatment with cephalothin sodium and hot compresses. A dacryocystorhinostomy was performed three weeks later. Delay of the surgery until the acute episode had resolved was probably responsible for the good surgical results.
D002481:Cellulitis / Q000209:etiology*; D003607:Dacryocystitis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections