Orbital Cellulitis With Exudative Retinal Detachment

EXUDATIVE detachment of the retina in orbital cellulitis is not common and has not often been recorded in the literature (Duke-Elder, 1940, 1952).The pathogenesis of exudative retinal detachment in orbital cellulitis is due -to venous congestion and reactive oedema across the tolgh fibrous sclera.The detachment is usually not extensive and there is no hole.The vitreous is clear and the treatment is that of orbital cellulitis in general.Case Report A boy aged 12 years attended the hospital on September 1, 1956, complaining of pain in the left eye, headache, and bulging of the left eye of rapid onset 10 days before.There was no history of trauma, sinus infection, skin or general infectious disorder, or haemor- rhagic diathesis.