title: Pott's puffy tumour mimicking preseptal cellulitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: VA Boston Medical Center, West Roxbury Campus, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. kristenlamoreau@gmail.com
authors.forename: Kristen P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Lamoreau
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Fanciullo
mesh_terms: 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