Orbital cold abscesses with associated pansinusitis and bone involvement
Abstract
Orbital involvement in tuberculosis is rare even in areas where TB is endemic.1 Orbital TB is classified into five forms; classical periostitis, orbital soft tissue tuberculoma or cold abscess with no bone destruction, orbital TB with bone destruction, orbital TB spread from para-nasal sinuses and tuberculous dacryoadenitis2,3,4,5. We present a 17 year old patient who presented with a third recurrence of orbital and forehead abscesses. On orbital CT-scan, the patient had pan-sinusitis, right orbital and frontal abscesses, bilateral proptosis and frontal bone destruction. Initially the diagnosis of orbital TB was based on a good response to antituberculosis medications and it was later confirmed by histology showing caseating TB granulomas.
Citation
ORBITAL COLD ABSCESSES WITH ASSOCIATED PANSINUSITIS AND BONE INVOLVEMENT, Nyenze, E., and Ojuma M. , East African Journal of Ophthalmolgy, Volume 16, Issue 1, p.48-49, (2012) copy at http://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/drnyenze/publications/orbital-cold-abscesses-associated-pansinusitis-and-bone-involvementPublisher
University of Nairobi, Department of Ophthalmology
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