Acute ethmoiditis complicated by intraorbital abscess, orbital cellulitis, and cerebral empyema in a 14-year-old girl

Moise Mbaluku Colombe; Erick Heri Nabuloho; Fernand Manga Opondjo; Viviane Feza Bianga; Fikiri Bavurhe Rodrigue; Stéphanie Sifa Isonga; Peniel Kundo Shemahamba; Archippe Muhandule Birindwa

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6984

Acute ethmoiditis complicated by intraorbital abscess, orbital cellulitis, and cerebral empyema in a 14-year-old girl

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Feb 24;11(2):e6984. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6984. eCollection 2023 Feb.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Pediatrics Department University Clinics of Bukavu Bukavu Democratic Republic of the Congo.
² Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Official University of Bukavu Bukavu Democratic Republic of the Congo.
³ Ophthalmology Department University Clinics of Bukavu Bukavu Democratic Republic of the Congo.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden.
⁵ Pediatrics Department of the Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais Franck Joly (Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni) French Guyana France.

Abstract

We report the case of a 14-year-old girl with pain and protrusion of the left eye and treated with diclofenac. Clinical and paraclinical examinations revealed a cerebral empyema and a left retro-orbital abscess complicating an acute ethmoiditis. Parenteral antibiotic remains essential in the management of acute ethmoiditis to prevent complications.

Keywords: Bukavu; acute ethmoiditis; cerebral empyema; intraorbital abscess.

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Case Reports