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Serious complications of sinusitis occur more often in children than in adults. Prompt diagnosis and treatment is necessary to minimize morbidity and the risk for permanent sequelae or death. In a recent study, investigators reviewed records from a large children's hospital to examine the presentation, course, and severity of two such complications: intraorbital extension (IOE) and intracranial extension (ICE).
The researchers identified 118 children aged 3 months through 18 years who had radiographic evidence of sinusitis and imaging findings of IOE or ICE between 1997 and 2006. Eighty-five children had IOE; among these children, 41 had subperiosteal abscess, 24 had subperiosteal phlegmon, and 20 had orbital cellulitis or orbital abscess. O…