Orbital Abscess Simulating Orbital Tumor.
- Author:
Yong Sang PARK
1
;
Young Sae KWAK
;
Ouk CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University,College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Abscess*;
Child, Preschool;
Diagnosis;
Drainage;
Exophthalmos;
Humans;
Inflammation;
Male;
Orbit*;
Staphylococcus;
Suppuration
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1979;20(4):573-576
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The authors have experienced with a case of orbital abscess that was thought to be an orbital tumor. The patient was a 5 year old Korean boy who had exophthalmos in the right eye, but he did not have definite signs of inflammation. On the orbital venogram, there was a space occupying lesion in the lateral and posterior portion of the right eye. To obtain the precise diagnosis of the lesion, we made a surgical approach and drainage of the pus was performed. The pus culture yielded coagulase-positive Staphylococcus. The literature relating to orbital abscess was briefly reviewed.
