Vol.95 No.3 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 95 No. 3 March 2002
Two Cases of Orbital Abscess
Satoshi Seno, Yoshihiro Dake, Takema Sakoda, Yuko Saitoh, Hiroki Ikeda,
Hideyo Sogo, Satoshi Fujimura and Tadao Enomoto
(Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center)
Hiroya Kitano and Kazutomo Kitajima
(Shiga University of Medical Science)
We report two cases of orbital abscess. Case 1 was a 16-year-old male who presented with right orbital pain and general malaise. Case 2 was a 43-year-old male who presented with swelling of the right eyelid. CT scans revealed orbital abscess and sinusitis. Both patients were treated with surgical drainage, antibiotics and endonasal operation, and both recovered without any complications. The clinical courses in our patients are reported and we also discuss the infectious route, diagnosis, treatment and causing bacteria based on reports in the literature.
Key words : orbital abscess, sinusitis, surgical drainage, complication