Orbital tuberculosis with abscess

J Neuroophthalmol. 2002 Sep;22(3):208-10. doi: 10.1097/00041327-200209000-00004.

Abstract

The authors present a case of progressive unilateral proptosis caused by tuberculous osteoperiostitis of the orbital walls and sphenoid bone with extraconal orbital and extradural intracranial cold abscess formation. The patient responded well to surgical evacuation and antituberculous medical therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnosis
  • Abscess / microbiology*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Orbit*
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnosis
  • Orbital Diseases / microbiology*
  • Osteitis / diagnosis
  • Osteitis / microbiology*
  • Periostitis / diagnosis
  • Periostitis / microbiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis, Ocular*