PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - S E Rubin
AU  - M L Slavin
AU  - L G Rubin
TI  - Eyelid swelling and erythema as the only signs of subperiosteal abscess.
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.73.7.576
DP  - 1989 Jul 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 576--578
VI  - 73
IP  - 7
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/73/7/576.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/73/7/576.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol1989 Jul 01; 73
AB  - On clinical grounds it is usually easy to distinguish between preseptal cellulitis, a cutaneous infection not threatening to vision, and orbital cellulitis, a potentially vision threatening infection of the orbital tissues generally arising from paranasal sinusitis. We recently cared for two patients with a clinical diagnosis of preseptal cellulitis who had CT scan evidence of subperiosteal abscess. Antibiotic therapy alone resulted in clinical resolution in each case.