Case report: progression of pre-septal cellulitis to orbital subperiosteal abscess despite intravenous broad-spectrum antibiotics in a child

• Main Authors: Noor Aniah Azmi,, Norshamsiah MD,, Bastion, Mae-Lynn Catherine, Safinaz Mohd Khialdin,, Mawaddah Azman,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre 2016
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9840/1/14._Noor_Aniah_et_al..pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9840/; http://jsurgacad.com/toc/6/1

We report a case of a 7-year-old girl who initially presented with painless right eyelid swelling with full extra-ocular movement (EOM). She was treated with intravenous broad-spectrum antibiotics for preseptal cellulitis but her condition worsened. An urgent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the...