Surgical Treatment of Subperiosteal Orbital Abscess

Surgical Management of Subperiosteal Orbital Abscess: Case Report

“…Previously, it has been reported that the most common cause of SPOA is a contiguous sinusitis. [4][5][6] In accordance with this knowledge, all of our cases were associated with ethmoidal sinusitis.…”

Endoscopic surgery for the treatment of pediatric subperiosteal orbital abscess: A report of 10 cases

“…In this manuscript the authors pointed out the superior cosmetic outcome of this approach in respect to the other open techniques. Although this approach may be considered an adjunct to the armamentarium of the ENT surgeon, we consider the only endoscopic approach sufficient to handle the medial based subperiosteal approaches, while we agree with Tanna et al [10] about the necessity to accomplish an open approach on the superolateral based abscess. In our series the case 10 had to be treated through a combined endoscopic-external approach for a superiorly based subperiosteal orbital abscess.…”

Near-fatal subdural empyema complicating a rapidly progressive orbital cellulites

“…SPOA typically occurs due to ethmoid sinus disease due to the poor barrier to infection provided by the lamina papyracea. [2–4] Superolateral SPOA are normally related to frontal sinusitis and, usually a pansinusitis is present, as in our case. Frontal sinusitis is rare before the age of 7 years as the frontal sinuses have not usually formed till this age.…”