Pott's puffy tumour mimicking preseptal cellulitis.
Periorbital swelling can be secondary to local infections (for example, hordeolum) or reflective of an adjacent infection (for example, dental disease). Rarely, periorbital swelling can indicate underlying sinus disease; Pott's puffy tumour is a unique and serious form of this process. This paper presents an unusual way in which a smouldering sinusitis can erode through bone and result in orbital cellulitis or intracranial infection.
Lamoreau
Kristen P
KP
VA Boston Medical Center, West Roxbury Campus, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. kristenlamoreau@gmail.com
Fanciullo
Lisa M
LM
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010521:Periosteum