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Cellulitis of the eyelids associated with sinusitis and brain abscess
Author(s) -
Shinagawa Yumiko,
Ando Iwao,
Kukita Atsushi,
Kitazawa Eriko,
Saruki Kiyofumi,
Aoki Makoto
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.1998.tb00960.x
Subject(s) - medicine , orbital cellulitis , cellulitis , sinusitis , abscess , erythema , brain abscess , complication , dermatology , surgery , odontogenic , pathology
Erythema in the orbital area can indicate systemic and life‐threatening diseases. We experienced an unusual and serious case of orbital cellulitis that was difficult to distinguish from a case with good prognosis. A 21‐year‐old man developed an erythema around his eyes. He exhibited no symptoms that would suggest lesions in deep tissues, but his condition turned out to be cellulitis retrogradely metastasized from an odontogenic sinusitis traced to a dental treatment problem. Computed tomography revealed complication of a large abscess in the frontal lobe. Cellulitis of the orbital area requires particular clinical discretion.