The ophthalmology service was consulted to evaluate a 19-year-old male inpatient with rapid-onset bilateral periorbital edema, proptosis and headache. He was admitted to the hospital the night prior ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 54-year-old woman presented to the emergency department at Beth Israel Lahey Hospital with episodes of ...

1A 14-year-old boy with no significant medical history presented to the emergency department with painful periorbital edema and erythema in his right eye for 2 days. He denied any vision change, ...

Medically reviewed by Andrew Greenberg, MD Dehydration can weaken the skin under your eyes, which leads to puffiness. Your ...

The physical exam revealed a well-nourished, well-developed, middle-aged male in no acute distress. His vital signs were all within normal limits. A head and neck exam included a normocephalic head, ...

TRICHINOSIS is a relatively common infection whose classic clinical manifestations are well known. These include muscle pain and tenderness, eosinophilia, fever, periorbital edema and conjunctival and ...

Periorbital necrotising fasciitis (PNF) or streptococcal gangrene is a rare infection that affects the periorbital region, ...

First admission. A seventy-one-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of bilateral leg edema. Two and a half years prior to entry the patient first noted the onset of ankle edema. This ...

Orbital cellulitis presents with periorbital edema and erythema, but typically is associated with constitutional symptoms such as fever, which this patient did not have. In addition, the ...