Background: To review the epidemiology and management of orbital cellulitis in children. Methods: The medical records of children ≤18 years old and hospitalized from June 1, 1992, through May 31 ...

2006;25(8):695-699. Our local study is limited by its retrospective design and relatively small number of cases, although it is one of the larger series of orbital cellulitis reported to date.

Orbital cellulitis can be caused by dacryocystitis ... Interdisciplinary collaboration between the departments of pediatrics, otorhinolaryngology, and ophthalmology is of utmost importance ...

A child struck by a toy with preseptal cellulitis. Image: James H. Brien, DO The choice of continuing clindamycin and ceftriaxone might be the best answer if the child had orbital (postseptal ...