title: Neonatal orbital abscess.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, Hospital das Clínicas-Campus, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14049-900 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mussi-Pinhata
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Akaishi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cattebeke
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torrano da Silva
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Elia
mesh_terms: 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