Catherine A. Cox Jordana F. Goren A 68-year-old woman was transferred to Tufts Medical Center with worsening right-sided periorbital swelling and diplopia.

His GP immediately transferred him to the emergency eye care service with suspected orbital or preseptal cellulitis. A CT scan confirmed a diagnosis of orbital cellulitis, ... Key differentiating ...

Cases that had only preseptal (periorbital) cellulitis without evidence of postseptal involvement were ... presence of proptosis, ophthalmoplegia) and/or CT scan findings demonstrating postseptal ...

(b) CT scan showing left preseptal soft tissue swelling. Full size image A full blood count showed the haemoglobin to be 10.6 g/l, platelets 697×10 9 /l, and white cell count 21.4×10 9 /l (17.5 ...

The patient was admitted to the hospital, diagnosed with preseptal cellulitis, and given intravenous antibiotics. Doctors also prescribed an antibiotic cream for her eye. A dental exam showed multiple ...