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Abstract
Inflammation of the loose connective tissues around the ORBIT, bony structure around the eyeball. It is characterized by PAIN; EDEMA of the CONJUNCTIVA; swelling of the EYELIDS; EXOPHTHALMOS; limited eye movement; and loss of vision.
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- Cellulitis, Orbital
- Orbital Cellulitides
- Peri-Orbital Cellulitis
- Periorbital Cellulitis
- Cellulitis, Peri-Orbital
- Cellulitis, Periorbital
- Peri Orbital Cellulitis
- Peri-Orbital Cellulitides
- Periorbital Cellulitides
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2008
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- Cellulitis (1967-2007)
- Orbit (1967-2007)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Orbital Cellulitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054517. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054517
- Orbital Cellulitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_cellulitis
- Orbital Cellulitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q622969