Pott’s puffy tumor: ct and mri findings
Pott’s puffy tumor, a subperiosteal abscess of the frontal bone with cranial osteomyelitis, is a rare complication of frontal sinusitis. In this report, we describe the radiological findings of a 24-year-old man, presenting with swelling of the right upper eyelid. Correct and early diagnosis of this...
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| author | F Acke M Lemmerling Ph Heylbroeck G De Vos K Verstraete |
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| description | Pott’s puffy tumor, a subperiosteal abscess of the frontal bone with cranial osteomyelitis, is a rare complication of frontal sinusitis. In this report, we describe the radiological findings of a 24-year-old man, presenting with swelling of the right upper eyelid. Correct and early diagnosis of this infrequent, but potentially life-threatening condition is of utmost importance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-478c42349a2c47cb81a6046a8dd21ec02022-12-22T02:49:57ZengUbiquity PressJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2514-82812011-06-0194634334510.5334/jbr-btr.703703Pott’s puffy tumor: ct and mri findingsF Acke0M Lemmerling1Ph Heylbroeck2G De Vos3K Verstraete4Department of RadiologyDepartment of RadiologyDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, AZ Sint-Lucas, Ghent, BelgiumDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, AZ Sint-Lucas, Ghent, BelgiumDepartment of Radiology, UZ Ghent, Ghent, BelgiumPott’s puffy tumor, a subperiosteal abscess of the frontal bone with cranial osteomyelitis, is a rare complication of frontal sinusitis. In this report, we describe the radiological findings of a 24-year-old man, presenting with swelling of the right upper eyelid. Correct and early diagnosis of this infrequent, but potentially life-threatening condition is of utmost importance.https://www.jbsr.be/articles/703Sinusitis |
| spellingShingle | F Acke M Lemmerling Ph Heylbroeck G De Vos K Verstraete Pott’s puffy tumor: ct and mri findings Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology Sinusitis |
| title | Pott’s puffy tumor: ct and mri findings |
| title_full | Pott’s puffy tumor: ct and mri findings |
| title_fullStr | Pott’s puffy tumor: ct and mri findings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pott’s puffy tumor: ct and mri findings |
| title_short | Pott’s puffy tumor: ct and mri findings |
| title_sort | pott s puffy tumor ct and mri findings |
| topic | Sinusitis |
| url | https://www.jbsr.be/articles/703 |
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