Acute infarction of the choroid and retina. A complication of orbital cellulitis.

Abstract

The clinical picture and complications of orbital cellulitis have been described by many authors from the time of von Graefe (i 863) onwards. Busacca (1 931) first re- ported retinal haemorrhages, venous thrombosis, and arterial embolism as disastrous complications of orbital cellulitis.