Neonatal orbital abscess.
OBJECTIVE
To describe two cases of orbital abscess in neonates and to review the literature of orbital cellulitis in neonates.


METHODS
Two interventional case reports.


METHODS
Photographs, orbital computed tomography scans, and full pediatric examination were obtained in two cases of orbital abscess in neonates.


RESULTS
Acute ethmoiditis with orbital abscess formation was found in both infants. In one of them, Staphylococcus aureus was identified as the source of infection.


CONCLUSIONS
The clinical findings of our cases concur with the literature (eight cases) indicating that orbital abscess caused by Staphylococcal ethmoiditis is the most common form of orbital cellulitis in neonates.
Cruz
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Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, Hospital das Clínicas-Campus, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14049-900 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Mussi-Pinhata
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MM
Akaishi
P M
PM
Cattebeke
L
L
Torrano da Silva
J
J
Elia
J
J
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015521:Ethmoid Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed