Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Adult Orbital Cellulitis in a Tertiary General Hospital

Table 2

Clinical data of 3 patients secondary to endogenous infection(s) without endophthalmitis.

No.

Age/gender/laterality

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

26/M/OD

Blepharedema, ophthalmoplegia, exophthalmia

Iron-deficiency anemia

22.85–10.54

Negative

CT MRI

Abscess incision

22

6

20/100

20/60

Recovered

2

50/F/OS

Blepharedema

Rheumatism

11.16–10.57

Negative

CT

Conservative

16

N/A

20/20

20/20

Recovered

3

28/M/OD

Blepharedema, ophthalmoplegia, exophthalmia

Acute lymphocytic leukemia, sepsis

1.64–0.24

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

CT MRI

Conservative

20

N/A

20/40

20/60

Deteriorated

BCVA: best-corrected visual acuity; N/A: not applicable; CT: computed tomography; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging.