Complications of acute ethmoiditis in children

Wiesław Dobroś, Urszula Horbacewicz, Urszula Sydor

Summary
In the years 1994-1997 sixteen children aged 3 to 15 years were treated for acute ethmoiditis at the Department of Otolaryngology at the Regional Hospital in Tarnow. Antibiotic therapy, visual acuity assessment, ultrasonographic (USG) orbit examination and eventually computer tomography (CT) were applied as routine procedures. In four (25%) children complications such as orbital phlegmone (1 child), subperiosteal abscess (2 children), as well as epidural abscess (1 child) were discovered. They were treated by surgery resulting in total regression of symptoms. The remaining children underwent conservative treatment, with constant visual acuity monitoring. In children, acute ethmoiditis with rapidly growing symptoms is still an illness with numerous complications, despite advances in antibiotic therapy.

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