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Orbital subperiosteal hematoma associated with sinus infection
Hyung-Wook Park1, Bong-Jae Lee, Yoo-Sam Chung
1Department of Otolaryngology, National Police Hospital, and Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
Objectives:
There are few reports of orbital subperiosteal hematomas as a result of sinusitis complications. The present study reports on 2 such cases and presents a literature review regarding this condition.
Methods:
We report 2 cases of orbital subperiosteal hematoma, and reviewed previous literature reports.
Results:
Including the 2 current patients, 11 cases of orbital subperiosteal hematoma involving sinusitis appear in the literature. The current cases involved 2 older females presenting with proptosis. One had frontal sinusitis and the other a postoperative frontoethmoid mucocele. Both patients underwent a superior orbitotomy and sinus surgery, which resolved the orbital symptoms.
Conclusion:
Orbital subperiosteal hematomas can develop associated with sinus infection. Such a condition should be treated as a sinusitis complication and the associated sinus infection must be treated concomitantly.
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