Orbital cellulitis is conventionally managed by intravenous (i.v.) antibiotic therapy, followed by oral antibiotics once the infection shows signs of significant improvement. We report 4 years of ...

Sophie Bell, 17, had been suffering from cold-like symptoms and daily headaches for around a month when she was rushed to ...

Purpose To report 2 cases of severe necrotising orbital cellulitis which illustrate the need for aggressive surgical management to prevent blindness. Methods The case records of 2 patients with ...

Seventeen-year-old Sophie Bell underwent a nine-hour surgery after a cold led to a "life-threatening" bacterial infection that spread to her brain.

Background: To review the epidemiology and management of orbital cellulitis in children. Methods: The medical records of children ≤18 years old and hospitalized from June 1, 1992, through May 31, 2002 ...

The ICD-9 codes identified 102 children during the study period. Of the 102 children, 42 had only preseptal cellulitis and 19 were excluded because of malignancy (6), dacryocystitis (3), ...

A 15-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a swollen left upper eyelid. The patient admitted to picking at a pimple the week prior, and the lid became increasingly swollen over ...

Imaging helped lead to the diagnosis and treatment of a 2-year-old girl who developed the life-threatening condition orbital cellulitis due to a dental abscess. The details were published on April 9 ...

Ten days before presentation to our institution, the patient developed acute-onset left eye ptosis, discomfort, discharge and subjective eyelid swelling. She was seen by her local ophthalmologist with ...

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The dad's eye began to throb and swell up so much it 'felt like it was going to explode' A DAD’S “pink eye” turned out to be a killer infection that left him looking like “Sloth from The Goonies”.

WHEN Sophie Bell’s swelled to the size of a ‘golf ball’, her mum Carol assumed she’d just been rubbing it too much after a ...