CONCLUSION
In children, the most serious complications of acute ethmoiditis are superior-lateral intraorbital abscess, orbital cellulitis, and cerebral empyema. Fever, headache, palpebral edema, chemosis, and exophthalmos are common clinical manifestations. However, ethmoid-orbital and cerebral CT scans continue to be used as a paraclinical means of definitive diagnosis and determining the locoregional extension. Adequate antibiotic therapy, possibly in conjunction with orbital abscess drainage, is a critical component of treatment.