24Feb 2017

CASE REPORT : ORBITAL CELLULITIS IN OLD PATIENT WITH HISTORY OF OCULAR INTERVENTION.

  • Ophthalmology Resident , Aljaber Eye And ENT Hospital, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia.
  • Ophthalmology Specialist, Aljaber Eye And ENT Hospital, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia.
  • ER Resident, King Fahd Hospital, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia.
  • ENT Resident, Aljaber Eye And ENT Hospital, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia.
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Orbital cellulitis is considered as an ocular emergency which needs urgent evaluation and proper quick action to save the patient vision or even life The aim of this report is to present a case about orbital cellulitis with the presence of multiple risk factors as sinusitis and ocular intervention and how to approach such patients


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[Fatima al.mulhim, Anoud al-jamaan, kauser, Abdulmohsin al-mulhim, Muslem Al-besher, Hussain Al-Sinni, Eman Al kishi and Ahmed Al-esmael. (2017); CASE REPORT : ORBITAL CELLULITIS IN OLD PATIENT WITH HISTORY OF OCULAR INTERVENTION. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Feb). 1465-1468] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Dr.Fatima al.mulhim


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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3301      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3301