title: Pott's puffy tumour in a pre-adolescent child: the youngest reported in the post-antibiotic era.
abstract: Pott's puffy tumour is a subperisosteal abscess associated with a cranial osteomyelitis. A rare consequence of trauma or frontal sinusitis, it is often an indicator of intracranial complications. At 3 years of age, the patient described is the youngest reported with this condition. The occurrence of such pathology in pre-adolescent children is very rare and this case is one of three reported in the English literature in the post-antibiotic era.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Radiology, The Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alta., Canada T6G 2B7.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Hamdy
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: El-Hakim
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhargava
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burgava
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mehta
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005546:Forehead / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D015522:Frontal Sinusitis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D012535:Scalp / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology