title: Fulminant orbital cellulitis with complete loss of vision.
abstract: Bacterial orbital cellulitis is a condition that rarely presents with complete loss of vision. A case is reported of a 69-year-old man who presented with fulminant onset of proptosis, significant ophthalmoplegia and no perception of light. Computed tomography showed no evidence of paranasal sinus disease. Despite treatment with intravenous flucloxacillin, ceftriaxone and metronidazole, and later, penicillin after Streptococcus pyogenes was grown from tissue culture, there was no improvement in vision; however ocular motility returned to normal.
authors.affiliation: Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. connellb@netspace.net.au
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Connell
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kamal
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: McNab
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents