[A case of Pott's tumor in a 13-year-old boy].
Pott's puffy tumor is an infrequent entity characterized by subperiosteal abscess associated with frontal bone osteomyelitis. It is usually seen as a complication of frontal sinusitis. Although cases, in patients of all ages have been reported, teenagers are the most frequently affected. Despite modern methods of diagnosis and treatment, 9 new cases in children, have been published in the last 7 years. This paper describes the case of 13-year-old boy with subperiosteal abscess resulting from exacerbation of chronic frontal sinusitis. Complete resolution occurred with an intensive antibiotic regime and drainage of frontal sinus and subperiosteal abscess.
Zielnik-Jurkiewicz
Beata
B
Oddział Otolaryngologii Szpitala Dzieciecego im. prof. J. Bogdanowicza w Warszawie.
Rakowska
Magdalena
M
Fudalej
Piotr
P
D000293:Adolescent; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015522:Frontal Sinusitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents