Pott’s Puffy Tumor: A Potentially Deadly Complication of Sinusitis

Pott’s puffy tumor (PPT) is a rare but potentially deadly complication of bacterial sinusitis that consists of subperiosteal abscess and osteomyelitis of the frontal bone. It is best diagnosed with computerized tomography (CT) with intravenous contrast or magnetic resonance imaging and treated with...

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Autores principales: Joo, Matthew J, Schapira, Kurt E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6952032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31938637
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6351

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6952032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31938637
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6351

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