A 59-year-old man with no history of seizure, who was undergoing treatment for chronic alcoholic cirrhosis, was admitted for a fever due to cellulitis and alcohol withdrawal. A generalized seizure with left facial twitching developed after the patient lost consciousness during status epilepticus (SE). Electroencephalogram showed periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges (PLEDs) over the righ...

Physical exam alone is often insufficient to determine whether or not cellulitis is accompanied by an abscess. Bedside ultrasound can be a valuable tool in ruling out suspected abscess by allowing direct visualization of a fluid collection. The proximity of the infection to adjacent structures can also be determined, thus aiding clinical decision making. Patients with cellulitis near the eye an...

This work describes a series of patients with odontogenic orbital cellulitis (OOC), focusing on rate of abscess formation, need for surgical intervention, and imaging findings helpful for rapid diagnosis. Review of a current case and 22 patients with OOC from the scientific literature demonstrated periapical lucency as the most commonly (36.4%) reported finding on facial and orbital computerize...

A 76-year-old man presented with fever, and pain in his right ear. Physical examination revealed tender edematous, erythema, and a few vesicles of the right ear, along with facial involvement (Picture 1, 2). Laboratory examination showed neutrophilic leukocytosis. The next day, his left ear and face showed a tender light-colored erythema (Picture 3). After treatment with intravenous ceftriaxone...

BACKGROUND Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis (NEH) is a rare condition described mostly in adult patients receiving chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia. When it affects the facial region, it can mimic cellulitis and delay the diagnostic, thus proper recognition is essential. OBJECTIVE This article describes a classic case of NEH. We will review the diagnostic, the differential diagnos...

July/August 2001, Vol.8, No.4 364 Cancer Control FACIAL CELLULITIS BY PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA IN A NEUTROPENIC PATIENT Anju Tallamraju, MD, John N. Greene, MD, Rama Ganguly, PhD, and Ramon L. Sandin, MD From the Department of Medicine, Division of lnfectious and Tropical Diseases (AT, JNG, RG) and the Department of Pathology (RLS) at the University of South Florida College of Medicine and the H....

Abstract Background Aesthetic medicine is a rapidly expanding field that progressively becoming normal part of society’s health and beauty regime. Hyaluronic Acid dermal filler injections are the second most widely performed aesthetic procedure, following Botulinum Toxin type A. Although serious complications rare, they can have detrimental impact on outcome general health. Infections fillers b...