Open AccessCongenital dermal facial temporal sinus: Rare presentation of intraorbital dermoid in children
Author(s) -
Nandita A Saxena,
Akshay Gopinathan Nair,
Bharati Kulkarni,
Pooja M Multani,
Hemant Lahoti,
S. S. Borwankar,
Dipesh Goel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_153_18
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , dermoid cyst , sinus (botany) , cellulitis , pathological , surgery , pathology , botany , biology , genus
We present a rare case of an intraorbital dermoid which was associated with a small temporal region dermal sinus in a 3-year-old child. This got infected and the child presented with orbital cellulitis. Definitive surgery involved excision of all the dermal elements using a superficial and intraorbital approach. We stress the need to evaluate, apparently benign lateral facial dermal sinuses as they may be the pointers of the underlying pathological deep dermoid cysts to avoid complications.