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Cureus
April 2024
Otolaryngology, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, COL.
Pott's puffy tumor (PPT) is a rare but life-threatening complication of chronic sinusitis, although it can be secondary to other entities such as trauma or insect bites. It is characterized by circumscribed frontal swelling associated with a subperiosteal abscess. Imaging plays a crucial role in diagnosis and early identification of complications, some of which can be life-threatening, including intracerebral and intra-orbital complications.
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October 2022
Orbit, Oculoplasty, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Services, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India.
A 28-year-old male presented with gradually progressive swelling of the right lower eyelid along with a prominence of the eye for 6 months. He had received oral steroids and intraorbital triamcinolone acetonide injection in the inferior quadrant for active thyroid eye disease. External examination revealed right eye proptosis and swelling along the inferior orbital region.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ West Afr Coll Surg
March 2022
Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Unit, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, Hyderabad, India.
Introduction: Wooden intra-orbital foreign bodies (IOrbFBs) have a high risk of microbial contamination needing timely diagnosis and treatment. We describe management of three cases of wooden IOrbFB at a resource-limited setting in Liberia.
Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective case series of three patients with IOrbFB managed at the Liberia Eye Center, Monrovia, Liberia.
HNO
November 2018
Medizinische Fakultät Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale), Deutschland.
A disease or symptom of disease spreading from the vicinity of the orbit to the internal structures of the orbit is referred to as an orbital complication. Orbital complications can have a traumatic, inflammatory, allergic, or autoimmunologic cause. They are more frequent in children than adults.
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