title: [Clinical analysis of orbital complications of acute rhinosinusitis in adults].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical features, diagnosis and therapy of surgical intervention for orbital complications of acute rhinosinusitis in adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four adults with orbital complications of acute rhinosinusitis were retrospectively reviewed. The patients underwent transnasal endoscopic sinus surgery or combined with eyebrow incision after conservative treatments failed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 2 cases with orbital abscess, 2 cases with subperiosteal abscess. Two of them suffered from diabetes. After operation, constitutional symptoms and ocular symptoms disappeared in all 4 patients. CT was rechecked during the postoperative follow-up. The imaging showed that the orbital and nasal lesions were obviously relieved or disappeared.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The orbital complications of acute rhinosinusitis in adults are clinically rare. The patients are usually with low immunity or underlying conditions, such as diabetes. Based on the basis of controlling basic diseases, the treatment outcome of orbital complications of acute rhinosinusitis in adults is affirmative by surgery and conservative managements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China. dr.lina@163.com
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Long-gang
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Xiao-wen
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult