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Clinical and surgical treatment of secondary orbital abscess in ethmoidal sinusitis

Tratamento clínico e cirúrgico de abscesso orbital secundário a sinusite etmoidal

The authors report the case of na eighteen years old patient with a clinical picture of orbital abscess caused by ethmoid sinusitis. The decision for surgical intervention results from correlation between clinical findings and from the image diagnosis.

Abscess; Ethmoid sinusitis; Orbit; Tomography; x-ray computed; Adult; Female; Case reports


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