Unusual case of acute orbital cellulitis

A three and one-half year-old female who presented with orbital cellulitis and leukocoria is described. Enucleation was performed as the eye was microophthalmic, blind, and painful. Histopathologic study revealed uveitis with total retinal detachment. The etiology of the retinal detachment was indeterminable. The differential diagnosis of orbital cellulitis in children is reviewed.