Complications involving the orbit | Clinical manifestations |
Preseptal complications | |
Preseptal cellulitis |
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Postseptal complications | |
Orbital cellulitis* Orbital subperiosteal abscess* Orbital abscess* |
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Intracranial complications | Clinical manifestations |
Septic cavernous sinus thrombosis |
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Meningitis |
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Osteomyelitis of the frontal bone with subperiosteal abscess (Pott puffy tumor) |
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Epidural abscess¶ |
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Subdural abscess¶ |
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Brain abscess¶ |
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* Imaging is necessary to distinguish between orbital cellulitis, orbital subperiosteal abscess, and orbital abscess.
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