title: Pott puffy tumor appearing with a frontocutaneous fistula.
abstract: Pott puffy tumor is defined as a forehead-localized swelling with overlying subperiosteal abscess and osteomyelitis of the frontal bone. It is an uncommon disease entity and more rarely reported with its frontocutaneous fistula. We report the unusual case of Pott puffy tumor appearing with a frontocutaneous fistula. We performed a frontal sinus surgery using a combined endonasal and percutaneous approach and frontal bone reconstruction with a resorbable mesh plate and bone cement. During a follow-up 1 year after the surgery, there was no recurrence, and we achieved excellent result from the aesthetic point of view.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijongbu St Mary's Hospital, Uijongbu, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jong Weon
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Ik Gyun
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sung-No
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Ho
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Won Il
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Shon
authors.forename: Suk Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Moon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D015522:Frontal Sinusitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D059369:Pott Puffy Tumor / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*