A 34-year-old previously healthy male construction worker presented to an Urgent Care Centre with rapidly progressing left upper eyelid swelling and severe pain associated with increasing edema of the orbit and face. He had been discharged from the same Urgent Care Centre 4 hours prior with a suspected acute hordeolum. On arrival, his vital signs were: temperature 36.7°C, blood pressure 148/86 mm Hg, heart rate 97 beats/min, and oxygen saturation of 98% on room air. His condition deteriorated over the next 30 minutes with rapid progression of orbit and facial edema.
A 34-year-old previously healthy male construction worker presented to an Urgent Care Centre with rapidly progressing left upper eyelid swelling and severe pain associated with increasing edema of the orbit and face. He had been discharged from the same Urgent Care Centre 4 hours prior with a suspected acute hordeolum. On arrival, his vital signs were: temperature 36.7°C, blood pressure 148/86 mm Hg, heart rate 97 beats/min, and oxygen saturation of 98% on room air. His condition deteriorated over the next 30 minutes with rapid progression of orbit and facial edema.