dc.contributor.author | Nyenze, Emanuel Muindi | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-25T13:26:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-25T13:26:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.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-involvement | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/25829 | |
dc.description.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. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi, | en |
dc.title | Orbital cold abscesses with associated pansinusitis and bone involvement | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of Ophthalmology | en |