A Case of Superior Orbital Subperiosteal Abscess due to Complication of Frontal Sinusitis
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Superolateral subperiosteal orbital abscess complicating sinusitis in a child.
Orbital complications of sinusitis in children generally occur as a consequence of ethmoid sinusitis due to preferential spread across the lamina papyracea. A case is presented of a subperiosteal abscess (SPA) in the superolateral orbital wall complicating frontal sinusitis in a 6-year-old female. Congenital bony dehiscences exist in the lateral floor of the frontal sinus, which may allow direc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1225-0244,2713-833X
DOI: 10.35420/jcohns.2011.22.1.102