A case of orbital pseudotumor masquerading as orbital cellulitis in a patient with proptosis and fever

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 337-339

  Sirbaugh, Paul E ^a,b  

^a Dan L Luke Cancer Center   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Orbital cellulitis; Orbital pseudotumor; Proptosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SIMULATION; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; ORBIT CELLULITIS; ORBIT PSEUDOTUMOR;

CELLULITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; ORBITAL DISEASES; PREDNISONE; STEROIDS;

EID: 0030729034     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199710000-00010     Document Type: Article

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