Lamoreau Kristen P, Fanciullo Lisa M
VA Boston Medical Center, West Roxbury Campus, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA.
Clin Exp Optom. 2008 Jul;91(4):400-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2007.00234.x.
Periorbital swelling can be secondary to local infections (for example, hordeolum) or reflective of an adjacent infection (for example, dental disease). Rarely, periorbital swelling can indicate underlying sinus disease; Pott's puffy tumour is a unique and serious form of this process. This paper presents an unusual way in which a smouldering sinusitis can erode through bone and result in orbital cellulitis or intracranial infection.
