[Acute frontal sinusitis accompanied with extra-dural abscess (a case reported with literature reviewed)].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical characteristics of acute frontal sinusitis accompanied with extra-dural abscess.


METHODS
A case of acute frontal sinusitis accompanied with extra-dural abscess diagnosed by CT was analyzed, and the relative literatures were reviewed.


RESULTS
Headache, high fever and failure to antibiotic therapy were the main three clinical characteristics.


CONCLUSIONS
It is the most important thing to drainage the abscess except for antibiotic therapy for acute frontal sinusitis accompanied with extra-dural abscess. Antibiotic therapy cannot substitute for surgery.
Yang
Youxiong
Y
Department of Otolaryngology, Yinzhou People's Hospital, Ningbo 315040, China. yyx929929@163.com
Liao
Jianchun
J
Xu
Yongkang
Y
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D015522:Frontal Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male