This patient presented to the eye casualty with periorbital swelling. A CT scan was performed. a. What does the CT scan show? b. What is the most likely cause for the periorbital swelling?
a. What does the CT scan show?
b. What is the most likely cause for the periorbital swelling?
Answer to a a. A right mucocele. The CT scan shows a swelling in the lacrimal fossa. Answer to b b. Preseptal orbital cellulitis secondary to acute dacryocystitis. The lacrimal sac is anterior to the orbital septum and its infection rarely gives rise to orbital cellulitis.
