Pott’s puffy abscess: Moniker change from historical misnomer of Pott’s puffy tumor
Frontal bone infection with osteomyelitis and subperiosteal abscess causing local forehead swelling has historically carried the moniker of Pott’s puffy “tumor”, in reference to the original description by Percivall Pott in 1760. In the modern era, the “tumor” component of the term causes confusion,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751919303275 |