Orbital tuberculosis with abscess.
The authors present a case of progressive unilateral proptosis caused by tuberculous osteoperiostitis of the orbital walls and sphenoid bone with extraconal orbital and extradural intracranial cold abscess formation. The patient responded well to surgical evacuation and antituberculous medical therapy.
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009915:Orbit; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010000:Osteitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010522:Periostitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014392:Tuberculosis, Ocular