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Research Article

Superior Ophthalmic Vein Thrombosis Developed after Orbital Cellulitis

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Pages 58-60 | Received 27 Aug 2012, Accepted 27 Sep 2012, Published online: 28 Feb 2013
 

Abstract

A 65-year-old female patient presented with eye pain, swelling and blurred vision in the left eye. Routine biochemistry and microbiological analyzes were conducted. Orbital tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, and cerebral angiography were performed. Orbital cellulitis due to a complication of ethmoidal sinusitis was diagnosed with thrombosis of the SOV in the patient. Systemic broad-spectrum antibiotic and anticoagulant therapy was started on the patient. The patient's symptoms were recorded at the end of two weeks of the treatment.

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