DENTAL INFECTION PRESENTING WITH IPSILATERAL PARAPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS AND CONTRALATERAL ORBITAL CELLULITIS – A CASE REPORT

A 43 year-old man presented with pain on the right tooth for three days duration.Computed tomography showed left orbital cellulitis and right parapharyngealabscess. There was also evidence suggestive of a dental abscess over right upperalveolar region. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed left superior ophthalmicvein thrombosis. Emergency drainage of the right parapharyngeal abscess wasperformed. Right maxillary molar extraction revealed periapical abscess. Left eyeproptosis markedly reduced after initiating heparin