A Case of Chronic Gonorrheal Orbital Cellulitis.
- Author:
Wan Hun KOO
1
;
Sang Shin KIM
;
Dong Jae LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Maryknoll Hospital, Bsuan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Neisseria gonorrhoeae;
Orbit*;
Orbital Cellulitis*;
Suppuration
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1977;18(4):405-407
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Authors have experienced a case of long standing chronic gonorrheal orbital cellulitis in a 50 years old Korean male. Surgical evacuation of pus discharges and microscopcially confirmed the gram negative intncellular and extracellular gonococcus. A brief review of the related literatures is present.