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.