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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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| 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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| author | Joo, Matthew J Schapira, Kurt E |
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| description | 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 early broad-spectrum antibiotics and surgical intervention. We describe a case of PPT in a 7-year-old patient and present the CT images. |
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| spelling | pubmed-69520322020-01-14 Pott’s Puffy Tumor: A Potentially Deadly Complication of Sinusitis Joo, Matthew J Schapira, Kurt E Cureus Emergency Medicine 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 early broad-spectrum antibiotics and surgical intervention. We describe a case of PPT in a 7-year-old patient and present the CT images. Cureus 2019-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6952032/ /pubmed/31938637 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6351 Text en Copyright © 2019, Joo et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Joo, Matthew J Schapira, Kurt E Pott’s Puffy Tumor: A Potentially Deadly Complication of Sinusitis |
| title | Pott’s Puffy Tumor: A Potentially Deadly Complication of Sinusitis |
| title_full | Pott’s Puffy Tumor: A Potentially Deadly Complication of Sinusitis |
| title_fullStr | Pott’s Puffy Tumor: A Potentially Deadly Complication of Sinusitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pott’s Puffy Tumor: A Potentially Deadly Complication of Sinusitis |
| title_short | Pott’s Puffy Tumor: A Potentially Deadly Complication of Sinusitis |
| title_sort | pott’s puffy tumor: a potentially deadly complication of sinusitis |
| topic | Emergency Medicine |
| url | 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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