ArticleEye (London, England)2013
'Stalled' periocular necrotising fasciitis: early effective treatment or host genetic determinants?
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- Periocular necrotizing fasciitis.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2026Review
- A Closer Look at Periocular Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Systematic Review of Literature.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Periorbital necrotizing fasciitis: the Manchester experience.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Observational
- Life-threatening periocular pseudomonal necrotizing fasciitis in an immunocompetent infant.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2024Article
- Bilateral periorbital necrotising fasciitis associated with invasive group: aBMJ case reports · 2020Article
- A case of periorbital necrotizing fasciitis rapidly progressing to severe multiorgan failure.Journal of surgical case reports · 2018Article
- Periocular necrotising soft tissue infections-three cases of mistaken identity.Eye (London, England) · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundNecrotising fasciitis (NF) is a devastating disease with considerable mortality and morbidity, and early aggressive surgical debridement of devitalised necrotic tissues has traditionally been advocated.
methodsWe describe three patients who were referred from other units several weeks after developing periocular necrotising fasciitis; in all the three, the disease had been managed medically without surgical debridement, with apparent 'stalling' of the inflammatory process despite persistent necrotic periocular tissue.
resultsFollowing 'elective debridement' of the devitalised tissues and reconstruction with local flaps, all achieved a satisfactory aesthetic result. DISCUSSION: The role of host genetic determinants, polarised cytokine responses, and early, effective medical treatment in patients with atypical 'disease phenotypes' in NF are discussed.
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