Orbital abscess as a complication of odontogenic infection. A case report and review of the literature.
Orbital abscess is a rare complication of odontogenic infection. This report describes a case of an orbital abscess in a 42-year-old HIV-seropositive woman who developed this condition as a complication by direct spread via the maxillary sinus of a dento-alveolar abscess of the maxillary first premolar, resulting in the loss of her eye.
Masipa
J N
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), South Africa.
Bouckaert
M
M
Masureik
C
C
Lemmer
J
J
Meyerov
R
R
Feller
L
L
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005491:Focal Infection, Dental / Q000150:complications*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D017233:Orbit Evisceration; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D010482:Periapical Abscess / Q000150:complications*