Pott's puffy tumour in adult
Pott's puffy tumour is a life threatening complication of infectious sinusitis which is the osteomyelitis of the frontal bone with associated subperiosteal abscess causing swelling and oedema over the forehead and scalp.Here we present a case a 70 year old male with a rare infectious complicati...
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| author | Zuzana Horáková Pavel Smilek Břetislav Gál Marta Pažourková |
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| description | Pott's puffy tumour is a life threatening complication of infectious sinusitis which is the osteomyelitis of the frontal bone with associated subperiosteal abscess causing swelling and oedema over the forehead and scalp.Here we present a case a 70 year old male with a rare infectious complication of untreated sinusitis called Pott's puffy tumour which was diagnosed due to high clinical suspicion and confirmed with CT imaging.This case highlights the need to recognize and easily prevent this fatal complication of a seemingly benign infection like bacterial sinusitis. Unfortunately, if it does occur, clinicians can avoid missing the diagnosis by upholding a high clinical suspicion in the setting of known risk factors and must look for underlying causes both medical and psychosocial. Keywords: Pott's tumour, Forehead abscess, Frontal sinusitis, Endoscopic endonasal surgery |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af1ad4777bd247d281f1fa3922ec7dc82022-12-21T23:06:07ZengElsevierOtolaryngology Case Reports2468-54882019-06-0111Pott's puffy tumour in adultZuzana Horáková0Pavel Smilek1Břetislav Gál2Marta Pažourková3Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, St.Anne´s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic; Corresponding author. n. SNP 23, Brno, 61300, Czech RepublicClinic of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, St.Anne´s University Hospital, Brno, Czech RepublicClinic of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, St.Anne´s University Hospital, Brno, Czech RepublicClinic of Radiology, St.Anne´s University Hospital, Brno, Czech RepublicPott's puffy tumour is a life threatening complication of infectious sinusitis which is the osteomyelitis of the frontal bone with associated subperiosteal abscess causing swelling and oedema over the forehead and scalp.Here we present a case a 70 year old male with a rare infectious complication of untreated sinusitis called Pott's puffy tumour which was diagnosed due to high clinical suspicion and confirmed with CT imaging.This case highlights the need to recognize and easily prevent this fatal complication of a seemingly benign infection like bacterial sinusitis. Unfortunately, if it does occur, clinicians can avoid missing the diagnosis by upholding a high clinical suspicion in the setting of known risk factors and must look for underlying causes both medical and psychosocial. Keywords: Pott's tumour, Forehead abscess, Frontal sinusitis, Endoscopic endonasal surgeryhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468548818300298 |
| spellingShingle | Zuzana Horáková Pavel Smilek Břetislav Gál Marta Pažourková Pott's puffy tumour in adult Otolaryngology Case Reports |
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| title_fullStr | Pott's puffy tumour in adult |
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