Case Report: Pott's Edematous Tumor: Complicated Frontal Sinusitis - An Unremembered Diagnosis

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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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
Pott’s Puffy tumor
Pott’s edematous tumor
osteomyelitis
sinusistis
forehead swelling
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.889463/full

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