Abstract

COUTO JUNIOR, Abelardo de Souza; BARBOSA, Rafael Siqueira  and  MIRANDA, José Fábio de Oliveira. Clinical and surgical treatment of secondary orbital abscess in ethmoidal sinusitis. Rev. bras.oftalmol. [online]. 2012, vol.71, n.1, pp. 60-62. ISSN 0034-7280.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-72802012000100012.

The authors report the case of na eighteen years old patient with a clinical picture of orbital abscess caused by ethmoid sinusitis. The decision for surgical intervention results from correlation between clinical findings and from the image diagnosis.

Keywords : Abscess [surgery]; Ethmoid sinusitis [surgery]; Orbit [radiography]; Tomography; x-ray computed; Adult; Female; Case reports.