Blindness due to acute ethmoiditis.
Summary of "Blindness due to acute ethmoiditis."
Orbital complications of ethmoiditis are well-described. This case presents a healthy ten-year-old boy who was admitted under the diagnosis of acute ethmoiditis. A computed tomography (CT) showed orbital cellulitis, but no definite abscess. The patient improved during intravenous antibiotic treatment, but suddenly complained about loss of vision. The clinical signs were central scotoma and visual impairment to 0.05. Both repeat CT, magnetic resonance imaging and ethmoidectomy were performed without signs of abscess. Blindness due to ethmoiditis without abscess in orbita is rare and probably results from neuritis in the nervus opticus.
Affiliation
Øre-naese-halskirurgisk Afdeling, Naestved Hospital, 4700 Naestved. mikkel_alanin@hotmail.com.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Ugeskrift for laeger
ISSN: 1603-6824
Pages: 2310-2311
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20727299
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Blindness, Cortical
Total loss of vision in all or part of the visual field due to bilateral OCCIPITAL LOBE (i.e., VISUAL CORTEX) damage or dysfunction. Anton syndrome is characterized by the psychic denial of true, organic cortical blindness. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p460)
Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber
A maternally linked genetic disorder that presents in mid-life as acute or subacute central vision loss leading to central scotoma and blindness. The disease has been associated with missense mutations in the mtDNA, in genes for Complex I, III, and IV polypeptides, that can act autonomously or in association with each other to cause the disease. (from Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim/, MIM#535000 (April 17, 2001))
Abdomen, Acute
A clinical syndrome with acute abdominal pain that is severe, localized, and rapid onset. Acute abdomen may be caused by a variety of disorders, injuries, or diseases.
Rift Valley Fever
An acute infection caused by the RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS, an RNA arthropod-borne virus, affecting domestic animals and humans. In animals, symptoms include HEPATITIS; abortion (ABORTION, VETERINARY); and DEATH. In humans, symptoms range from those of a flu-like disease to hemorrhagic fever, ENCEPHALITIS, or BLINDNESS.
Pancreatitis
INFLAMMATION of the PANCREAS. Pancreatitis is classified as acute unless there are computed tomographic or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographic findings of CHRONIC PANCREATITIS (International Symposium on Acute Pancreatitis, Atlanta, 1992). The two most common forms of acute pancreatitis are ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS and gallstone pancreatitis.
PubMed Articles
Pseudodacryocystitis and Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction Secondary to Ethmoiditis.
A 23-year-old woman presented with clinical symptoms suggestive of acute dacryocystitis. She had no history of epiphora, and her lacrimal drainage system was patent on irrigation. CT findings were con...
Irreversible blindness in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus.
Blindness caused by severe vasculitis or uveitis is rare in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) patients. In a 27-year period, 5367 patients were followed at our Paediatric Rheumatology Divis...
Evidence for a considerable decrease in total and cause-specific incidences of blindness in Germany.
The objectives of this study are to estimate the recent population-based incidences of all-cause and cause-specific blindness in Germany and compare them with results from a similar study conducted in...
AIMS: To establish the incidence and prevalence of blindness attributable to diabetes in a defined population in Scotland during the period 2000-2009, and to compare these figures with published data...
Clinical Trials
To assess the effect of oral administration of the alga Dunaliella bardawil containing approximately 50% all-trans beta-carotene and 50% 9-cis beta-carotene isomers on visual functions pat...
The purpose of this study is to provide data that would give the investigators a better understanding of the physiologic changes that occur and may contribute to post operative blindness....
Clinical Trial of Rifampin and Azithromycin for the Treatment of River Blindness
The purpose of this study is to determine whether rifampin and/or azithromycin are effective in the treatment of river blindness (onchocerciasis).
Unilateral Blindness/ Unilateral Deafness-Relation to Neck Pain
Neck pain is a common complaint in the general population affecting 10-15% of the general population. females more than men. Known risk factors are: Trauma, Repetitive lifting of heavy obj...
Pars Plana Surgical Capsulotomy for Posterior Capsular Opacification
Cataract is a leading cause of Global blindness. After cataract surgery nearly half of the people become blind due to posterior capsular opacification. The only solution for this problem...
