Acute rhinosinusitis is one of the most prevalent diseases of the upper airways. Anatomical factors present in children and young people allow for the onset of orbital complications. Although rare, intracranial complications of sinusitis account for a high degree of lethality, are more common in patients over the age of seven, and should be treated by a multidisciplinary team.
Subperiosteal abscess with epidural extension due to acute rhinosinusitis in a ten-year-old child
(A) Fundus photography of the right eye showing a circumscribed yellow-orange choroidal mass located along the inferotemporal vascular arcade. (B) Optical coherence tomography (OCT) demonstrating a dome-shaped choroidal mass with subretinal fluid, retinal pigment epithelium alterations, cystoid macular edema, and outer retinal damage.
Mendes JuniorES, NóbregaLB, BrandãoRC, TeodoroDAR, DantasEC, BatistaRA. Subperiosteal abscess with epidural extension due to acute rhinosinusitis in a ten-year-old child. Rev Bras Oftalmol. 2016;75(2):147-9.
Mendes Junior,Epaminondas de Souza; Nóbrega,Leandro Buzahr; Brandão,Rafael Cerqueira; Teodoro,Danilo Augusto Rodrigues; Dantas,Elielson Correia; Batista,Érico Ramon Alves. Subperiosteal abscess with epidural extension due to acute rhinosinusitis in a ten-year-old child. Rev Bras Oftalmol., v. 75, n. 2, p. 147-149, Apr. 2016.
Mendes Junior,E.S., Nóbrega,L.B., Brandão,R.C., Teodoro,D.A.R., Dantas,E.C., & Batista,R.A. (2016). Subperiosteal abscess with epidural extension due to acute rhinosinusitis in a ten-year-old child. Rev Bras Oftalmol.,75(2), 147-149.
Mendes Junior,Epaminondas de Souza and Nóbrega,Leandro Buzahr and Brandão,Rafael Cerqueira and Teodoro,Danilo Augusto Rodrigues and Dantas,Elielson Correia and Batista,Érico Ramon Alves. Subperiosteal abscess with epidural extension due to acute rhinosinusitis in a ten-year-old child. Rev Bras Oftalmol. [online]. 2016, vol. 75, n. 2, [cited 2026-10-23], pp.147-149. Available from: <https://www.rbojournal.org/en/article/subperiosteal-abscess-with-epidural-extension-due-to-acute-rhinosinusitis-in-a-ten-year-old-child/>. ISSN 0034-7280.
