A rare and an unusually delayed presentation of orbital actinomycosis following avulsion injury of the scalp

We report a rare case of orbital swelling presenting one year after head trauma. An initial fine needle aspiration cytology revealed it to be an infected organizing hematoma. However, broad-spectrum antibiotics did not resolve the infection and the orbital lesion continued to grow in size, as evalua...

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Main Authors: Hegde Vidya, Puthran Neelam, Mahesha S, Anupama B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2010;volume=58;issue=3;spage=238;epage=240;aulast=Hegde