title: [Restricted eyeball with proptosis].
abstract: Orbital cellulitis is an acute inflammation of the orbital content with exophthalmos, chemosis, blepharedema, reduction of eyeball motility and generalized illness, occasionally with fever. It is predominantly transmitted from the ENT region and rarely occurs as a complication after a scleral buckling procedure. The patient concerned contracted orbital cellulitis many years after scleral buckling because the cerclage was infected. Alterations to the sclera with atrophy and thinning in the context of myopia were probably favorable factors for development.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Robert-Koch-Strasse 4, 35037, Marburg, Deutschland. michael.witteborn@med.uni-marburg.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Witteborn
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mennel
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D057785:Catheters / Q000382:microbiology; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000601:surgery; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000601:surgery; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis; D013537:Sutures
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers