1. Case report A 77-years-old female presented to us with one month history of gradually progressive, painful erythematous plaque on left periorbital region. In view of clinical and histological features, a diagnosis of Wells' syndrome was estabilished. Since the patient was an elderly female, dapsone was preferred to systemic steroids for treatment. Significant improvement was noted after one ...

BACKGROUND An anaphylactoid purpura affects small capillaries in the skin and other organs. Although two cases of anaphylactoid purpura exacerbated by cellulitis have been reported in Japanese literatures, its prognosis remains still unclear. Because cellulitis exacerbates various cutaneous inflammations, it has been speculated that cellulitis might also exacerbate cutaneous inflammation, such ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of and contributing factors for errors in strabismus surgery. METHODS Five hundred seventeen of 1103 strabismus surgeons (46.87%) completed a survey administered during the 2011 American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus national meeting or e-mailed to members of the association. RESULTS One hundred seventy-three strabismus surgeon...

Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening opportunistic fungal infection caused by fungi from the order Mucorales [1]. The disease commonly affects immunocompromised patients, especially ketoacidotic diabetic patients [2]. We report a case of Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in a 48-year-old diabetic patient, who presented to our department with the complaints of exophthalmos in t...

With the intention of contributing to the manuscript sent by Lüdtke et al. (2013) to this journal, the authors send this letter to the editors with comments relevant to the article, which examines the profile of the sample of patients with periorbital hyperpigmentation assisted at an ambulatory unit in southern Brazil. The authors of this letter present their considerations and suggestions to t...

A term 3 kg hospital born neonate presented on day 9 of life with continuous high grade fever since day 2 of life. Baby developed progressive erythema and swelling of scalp, face and periorbital area with small scattered black patches for 5 days (Fig.1A). Complete blood count showed haemoglobin of 13.5 g/dL, total leukocyte count of 26,200/mm3 and platelet count of 71,000/mm3. Coagulogram, cere...

Acute sinusitis is most often a mild self-limiting disease. However, it may progress into severe and life threatening complications. One of the commonest being orbital complication of which visual loss is a direct consequence. In this 10 year retrospective study, the nature of orbital complication, clinical presentation and treatment modalities and outcome seen in children with acute sinusitis ...