RT Book, Section
A1 Shah, Ashish
A1 Sobolewski, Brad
A1 Mittiga, Matthew R.
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181044507
T1 Orbital and Preseptal (Periorbital) Cellulitis
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181044507
RD 2024/04/24
AB Orbital  cellulitis  is  a  serious  bacterial  infection  involving  the  fat  and  muscle  within  the  orbit  characterized  by  fever,  painful  purple-red  eyelid  swelling,  ophthalmoplegia,  pain  with  extraocular  movements,  proptosis,  and  variable  decreased  visual  acuity.  It  may  begin  with  eye  pain  and  fever.  In  general,  it  is  caused  by  Streptococcus  anginosus,  Streptococcus  pneumoniae,  Haemophilus  influenzae,  Moraxella  catarrhalis,  and  S  aureus.  It  usually  arises  as  a  complication  of  ethmoid  or  maxillary  sinusitis.  If  not  treated  promptly,  it  can  lead  to  blindness,  cavernous  venous  sinus  thrombosis,  meningitis,  subdural  empyema,  or  brain  abscess.