Orbital inflammation: an unusual extraintestinal complication of shigellosis. Report of a case.
A case of unilateral exophthalmos with ophthalmoplegia and papilledema which developed 1 week after culture-proven Shigella sonnei dysentery is described. The clinical course with improvement of the patient's eye findings as well as systemic condition on appropriate antibiotic therapy probably demonstrate the relationship between the the dysentery and subsequent orbital inflammation.
D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000150:complications*; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000209:etiology; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology