Research Article
Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Adult Orbital Cellulitis in a Tertiary General Hospital
Table 1
Clinical data of 6 patients secondary to rhinosinusitis.
| | No. | Age/gender/laterality | Sinuses involved | Clinical presentation | Systemic diseases | Leukocyte count (initial vs. final) | Blood culture | CT or MRI | Treatment | Length of stay (days) | Time of postoperation (days) | Initial BCVA | Final BCVA | Prognosis |
| | 1 | 39/F/OD | Ethmoid, sphenoid maxillary | Blepharedema, ophthalmoplegia, exophthalmia | T-cell lymphoma | 1.5–2.6 | Negative | CT MRI | Endoscopic sinus surgery | 32 | 23 | 20/40 | 20/100 | Deteriorated | | 2 | 73/M/OS | Ethmoid, maxillary | Blepharedema, ophthalmoplegia, exophthalmia | Diabetes hypertension | 13.5–7.86 | Negative | CT | Endoscopic sinus surgery | 23 | 5 | HM | NLP | Recovered | | 3 | 27/F/OS | Ethmoid, maxillary frontal | Blepharedema, ophthalmoplegia, exophthalmia | N/A | 12.7–7.54 | Negative | CT MRI | Endoscopic sinus surgery | 10 | 9 | 20/50 | 20/50 | Recovered | | 4 | 34/F/OD | Ethmoid, maxillary | Blepharedema | N/A | 11.5–5.6 | Negative | CT | Conservative | 4 | N/A | 20/60 | 20/60 | Recovered | | 5 | 63/F/OD | Ethmoid, maxillary frontal | Blepharedema, ophthalmoplegia, exophthalmia | Diabetes | 10.81–8.5 | Negative | CT | Conservative | 15 | N/A | 20/20 | 20/20 | Recovered | | 6 | 46/M/OS | Sphenoid | Blepharedema, ophthalmoplegia, exophthalmia | Cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis | 3.2–6.9 | Negative | CT MRI | Conservative | 19 | N/A | 20/100 | 20/60 | Improved |
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NLP: no light perception; BCVA: best-corrected visual acuity; N/A: not applicable; CT: computed tomography; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; HM: hand motion.
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