title: Tuberculosis: an extremely unusual cause of orbital wall erosion.
abstract: We present the case report of a 10-year-old girl who presented to us with a painless swelling involving the left infraorbital region. The swelling was diagnosed to be tubercular in origin with erosion of the zygomatic, maxillary and frontal bones constituting the inferior and lateral walls of the left orbit. The patient responded well to antitubercular chemotherapy. A discussion of the case and a literature review of causes of orbital erosion is presented.
authors: Department of ENT Chacha Nehru Pediatric Hospital New Delhi, India. r_sethi@rediffmail.com
authors: Ashwani
authors: A
authors: Sethi
authors: A K
authors: AK
authors: Agarwal
authors: Manish
authors: M
authors: Girhotra
authors: Prashant
authors: P
authors: Naithani
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014392:Tuberculosis, Ocular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015050:Zygoma / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000995:Antitubercular Agents