title: Step-by-step iconographic description of a prolonged but still favourable course of orbital cellulitis in a child with acute rhinosinusitis: an iconographic case study.
abstract: Orbital cellulitis is an infrequent complication of acute ethmoiditis possibly leading to life- or visual-threatening complications. Despite its natural history is well known, its clinical evolution may widely vary among patients, and even in the most favourable cases long-term sequelae may persist. We here provide a step-by-step iconographic description of a periorbital and orbital cellulitis occurring in a child with ipsilateral acute rhinosinusitis. Our report shows that an unusual long-term evolution of periorbital and orbital cellulitis is possible also in apparently favourable cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via F, Sforza 35, 20122 Milano, Italy. sara.torretta@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torretta
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marchisio
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaffuri
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Capaccio
authors.forename: Susanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pignataro
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D054517:Orbital Cellulitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents