Ocular manifestations of Noonan syndrome in the pediatric patient.

Noonan syndrome is a rare syndrome with both ocular findings and multiple organ involvement. We retrospectively identified all of the pediatric patients with Noonan syndrome seen at our institution and reviewed the ocular findings to determine specific ocular manifestations in pediatric Noonan syndrome patients.

Intracranial infection associated with preseptal and orbital cellulitis in the pediatric patient.

Purpose: To identify risk factors in children admitted with preseptal or orbital cellulitis with associated intracranial infection.

Methods: A retrospective chart review identified 10 patients (< or = 18 years) with a diagnosis of preseptal or orbital cellulitis and a concurrent or subsequent diagnosis of intracranial infection.

Results: Diagnoses confirmed by imaging included sinusitis (n = 10), preseptal cellulitis (n = 4), orbital cellulitis (n = 6), orbital subperiosteal abscess (n = 5), Pott's puffy tumor (n = 4), epidural empyema (n = 2), epidural abscess (n = 6), and brain abscess (n = 2).