Orbital cellulitis in infant: Case Report

This case report is about a 14 months old baby, who’ve presented a left side orbital cellulitis evolving 6 days prior her admission, after a badly managed ocular traumatism which was treated with oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAI). Symptoms included Swelling and redness of the eyelid, pain and proptosis. Rapidly, this infant was admitted at the hospital and underwent a CT scan, blood analyses, which showed an orbital cellulitis, classified Chandler stage II, with elevation of the reactive C protein, and leucocytes count. The infant was treated with intravenous antibiotics with a successful response within 10 days.  

       In summary, with this case, we would like to report an uncommon child orbital cellulitis evolving after ocular traumatism and stress out the danger of a misdiagnosis and inappropriate therapy, which could lead to severe complications.