Naso-orbital fracture leading to orbital cellulitis, and visual loss as a complication of chronic sinusitis.
A case is reported of a 26-year-old man, who after sustaining a fracture involving the nasal complex and left infra-orbital margin developed orbital cellulitis and a sub-periosteal abscess. This resulted in complete loss of vision in that eye. A pre-existing sinusitis was the source of the infection.
Paterson
A W
AW
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Southmead Hospital, Bristol.
Barnard
N A
NA
Irvine
G H
GH
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications*