Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society · 2021
A child with refractory orbital cellulitis after water pipe smoking.
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AlQahtani Dhabiah S, Alsaif Mohammed A, AlSulaiman Naif, Alsuhaibani Adel H
Аннотация
Orbital cellulitis in children rarely occurs secondary to smoking water pipe. A 3-year-old girl who presented with fever, eyelid swelling, pain, and proptosis of the left eye for 4 days after water pipe consumption. The patient was given the usual course of antibiotics for a few days along with subperiosteal abscess drainage however no improvement was noticed for a week. Cultures were positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and pseudomonas aeruginosa. Intravenous dexamethasone was co-administered in three courses for 3 weeks, during which residual symptoms was slowly resolving. In conclusion, attempt of dexamethasone in children can shorten hospital stay and augment full recovery.