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Radiología (English Edition) Orbital infections and their complications: A review in images
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Vol. 67. Issue 4.
(July - August 2025)
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Vol. 67. Issue 4.
(July - August 2025)
Radiology through images
Orbital infections and their complications: A review in images
Infecciones orbitarias y sus complicaciones: una revisión en imágenes
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A. Martineza, G. Mattielloa, A. Olivaa, D. Tovara, P. Cuadrasa, P. Puyaltoa,b,
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a Servicio de Radiología, Hospital Universitario Germanas Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
b Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, Barcelona, Spain
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Abstract

Infection remains the most common cause of non-traumatic acute orbital pathology and a relatively common reason for requesting radiological examinations in the emergency department. Infection can affect any part of the orbit but postseptal involvement most frequently justifies imaging requests, due to its potential severity and associated complications. The differential diagnosis of acute orbital pathology is broad and includes not only infectious entities but also inflammatory and neoplastic conditions. It is important to know how to recognise these entities in order to establish early treatment and avoid serious complications. This article reviews, through case images, orbital pathologies of infectious origin, their potential complications and their differential diagnosis.

Keywords:
Orbit
Infections
Accident and emergency department
Computed tomography
Magnetic resonance imaging
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Las infecciones siguen siendo la causa más frecuente de patología orbitaria aguda no traumática y un motivo relativamente frecuente de solicitud de pruebas de imagen en el servicio de urgencias. Las infecciones pueden afectar a cualquier parte de la órbita, siendo la afectación postseptal la que con mayor frecuencia justifica la realización de pruebas de imagen, debido a su potencial gravedad y posibles complicaciones. El diagnóstico diferencial de la patología orbitaria aguda es amplio e incluye no solo entidades infecciosas sino también patologías inflamatorias y neoplásicas Es importante saber reconocer estas entidades para poder instaurar un tratamiento precoz y evitar complicaciones graves. En este artículo se revisan, mediante casos ilustrativos, las patologías orbitarias de origen infeccioso, sus potenciales complicaciones y su diagnóstico diferencial.

Palabras clave:
Órbita
Infecciones
Urgencias
Tomografía computarizada
Resonancia magnética

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