J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1996 Mar;37(3):549-553.
A Case of acute Exophthalmos due to Spreading of Chronic Frontal Sinusitis
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Ophthalmology, Ajou University, School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Abstract
- It is not common that formation of retrobulbar abscess by inflammatory spreading of chronic frontal sinusitis and even rare that the abscess cause acute exophthalmos and ocular pain. But, if the acute exophthalmos with ocular pain arise from the patient associated with chronic rhinitis or paranasal sinusitis, it should be suspected that peri bulbar abscess was formed by spreading of these disease and otorhinologic examination should be taken. The authors experienced a case of acute exophthalmos with ocular pain in a 27-years old woman and founded that abscess arising from the chronic frontal sinusitis disrupted the superomedial wall of orbit and spread to the retrobulbar area by computed tomography and other radiologic evaluation. We had good result by performing incision and drainage and some otorhinologic therapy.
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