Case Report: Pott's Edematous Tumor: Complicated Frontal Sinusitis - An Unremembered Diagnosis
Pott’s Puffy tumor, also called Pott’s edematous tumor (PET), is a subperiosteal abscess of the frontal bone, associated with osteomyelitis of the frontal bone. In this paper, we report the case of a 16-year-old patient who presented with headache associated with progressive forehead swelling and fe...
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| author | Ana Cristina Veiga Silva Ana Cristina Veiga Silva Camila Mendonça Lins Renan Furtado de Almeida Mendes Marcelo Henrique Simões Silva Joaquim Fechine de Alencar Neto Caio César Maia Lopes Gabriela Lisboa de Souza Ferraz Diego Felipe Rodrigues de Sousa Luiz Severo Bem Junior Marcelo Moraes Valença Hildo Rocha Cirne de Azevedo-Filho Hildo Rocha Cirne de Azevedo-Filho |
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| description | Pott’s Puffy tumor, also called Pott’s edematous tumor (PET), is a subperiosteal abscess of the frontal bone, associated with osteomyelitis of the frontal bone. In this paper, we report the case of a 16-year-old patient who presented with headache associated with progressive forehead swelling and fever. Clinical and imaging exams pointed to the hypothesis of PET associated with brain abscess. Patient was submitted to surgical excision of the abscess and treatment of osteomyelitis, with intraoperative findings corroborating the condition. There was a good clinical-radiological recovery associated with prolonged antibiotic therapy and satisfactory follow-up after hospital. PET, which often results from an underdiagnosed or partially treated frontal sinusitis, is a condition that must be promptly recognized and directed to an adequate therapeutic approach due to the risk of serious complications that it entails. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9724eb37a4f94be5b5756290e7b850e42022-12-22T02:38:46ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Surgery2296-875X2022-06-01910.3389/fsurg.2022.889463889463Case Report: Pott's Edematous Tumor: Complicated Frontal Sinusitis - An Unremembered DiagnosisAna Cristina Veiga Silva0Ana Cristina Veiga Silva1Camila Mendonça Lins2Renan Furtado de Almeida Mendes3Marcelo Henrique Simões Silva4Joaquim Fechine de Alencar Neto5Caio César Maia Lopes6Gabriela Lisboa de Souza Ferraz7Diego Felipe Rodrigues de Sousa8Luiz Severo Bem Junior9Marcelo Moraes Valença10Hildo Rocha Cirne de Azevedo-Filho11Hildo Rocha Cirne de Azevedo-Filho12Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, BrazilNeuroscience Post-Graduate Program, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife-PE, BrazilFaculty of Medical Sciences, University of Pernambuco, Recife, BrazilCenter for Medical Sciences, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, BrazilDepartment of Pathology of the Medicine Faculty, University of Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilFaculty of Medical Sciences, Unifacisa university center, Campina Grande, BrazilFaculty of Medical Sciences, University of Pernambuco, Recife, BrazilFaculty of Medical Sciences, University of Pernambuco, Recife, BrazilDepartment of Radiology, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, BrazilNeuroscience Post-Graduate Program, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife-PE, BrazilNeuroscience Post-Graduate Program, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife-PE, BrazilDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, BrazilNeuroscience Post-Graduate Program, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife-PE, BrazilPott’s Puffy tumor, also called Pott’s edematous tumor (PET), is a subperiosteal abscess of the frontal bone, associated with osteomyelitis of the frontal bone. In this paper, we report the case of a 16-year-old patient who presented with headache associated with progressive forehead swelling and fever. Clinical and imaging exams pointed to the hypothesis of PET associated with brain abscess. Patient was submitted to surgical excision of the abscess and treatment of osteomyelitis, with intraoperative findings corroborating the condition. There was a good clinical-radiological recovery associated with prolonged antibiotic therapy and satisfactory follow-up after hospital. PET, which often results from an underdiagnosed or partially treated frontal sinusitis, is a condition that must be promptly recognized and directed to an adequate therapeutic approach due to the risk of serious complications that it entails.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.889463/fullPott’s Puffy tumorPott’s edematous tumorosteomyelitissinusistisforehead swelling |
| spellingShingle | Ana Cristina Veiga Silva Ana Cristina Veiga Silva Camila Mendonça Lins Renan Furtado de Almeida Mendes Marcelo Henrique Simões Silva Joaquim Fechine de Alencar Neto Caio César Maia Lopes Gabriela Lisboa de Souza Ferraz Diego Felipe Rodrigues de Sousa Luiz Severo Bem Junior Marcelo Moraes Valença Hildo Rocha Cirne de Azevedo-Filho Hildo Rocha Cirne de Azevedo-Filho Case Report: Pott's Edematous Tumor: Complicated Frontal Sinusitis - An Unremembered Diagnosis Frontiers in Surgery Pott’s Puffy tumor Pott’s edematous tumor osteomyelitis sinusistis forehead swelling |
| title | Case Report: Pott's Edematous Tumor: Complicated Frontal Sinusitis - An Unremembered Diagnosis |
| title_full | Case Report: Pott's Edematous Tumor: Complicated Frontal Sinusitis - An Unremembered Diagnosis |
| title_fullStr | Case Report: Pott's Edematous Tumor: Complicated Frontal Sinusitis - An Unremembered Diagnosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case Report: Pott's Edematous Tumor: Complicated Frontal Sinusitis - An Unremembered Diagnosis |
| title_short | Case Report: Pott's Edematous Tumor: Complicated Frontal Sinusitis - An Unremembered Diagnosis |
| title_sort | case report pott s edematous tumor complicated frontal sinusitis an unremembered diagnosis |
| topic | Pott’s Puffy tumor Pott’s edematous tumor osteomyelitis sinusistis forehead swelling |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.889463/full |
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