Bilateral Orbital Abscesses After Strabismus Surgery

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Nov-Dec;31(6):e141-2. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000182.

Abstract

Infectious orbital complications after strabismus surgery are rare. Their incidence is estimated to be 1 case per 1,100 surgeries and include preseptal cellulitis, orbital cellulitis, subconjunctival and sub-Tenon's abscesses, myositis, and endophthalmitis. This report describes the case of an otherwise healthy 3-year-old boy who underwent bilateral medial rectus recession and disinsertion of the inferior obliques. A few days after surgery, the patient presented with bilateral periorbital edema and inferotemporal chemosis. A series of CT scans with contrast revealed inferotemporal orbital collections OU. The patient immediately underwent transconjunctival drainage of fibrinous and seropurulent collections in the sub-Tenon's space and experienced rapid improvement a few days later. The patient is reported to be in stable condition in a follow-up examination performed more than a year after the reported events.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Abscess / drug therapy
  • Abscess / microbiology*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Oculomotor Muscles / surgery
  • Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbital Diseases / drug therapy
  • Orbital Diseases / microbiology*
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Strabismus / surgery*
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Glucocorticoids