Rare presentation of fungal orbital cellulitis in an immunocompetent infant

J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2007 Mar-Apr;44(2):127-9. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20070301-08.

Abstract

A 3-month-old infant presented with unilateral proptosis. Ophthalmic and physical examinations, computed tomography, and histopathologic examination of a biopsy specimen were performed. Histopathologic examination confirmed fungal orbital cellulitis. The patient responded to 6 weeks of antifungal therapy. Fungal orbital cellulitis should be included in the differential diagnosis for infants with proptosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Aspergillosis / diagnosis*
  • Aspergillosis / drug therapy
  • Aspergillosis / microbiology
  • Cellulitis / diagnosis*
  • Cellulitis / drug therapy
  • Cellulitis / microbiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Exophthalmos / diagnosis
  • Eye Infections, Fungal / diagnosis*
  • Eye Infections, Fungal / drug therapy
  • Eye Infections, Fungal / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Infant
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Male
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Orbital Diseases / drug therapy
  • Orbital Diseases / microbiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Amphotericin B