title: Treatment of Pott's Puffy tumor with balloon sinuplasty: report of three cases.
abstract: Pott's Puffy tumor (PPT) is a rare entity characterized by subperiosteal abscess associated with osteomyelitis of the frontal bone. It is usually managed by surgical curettage of the osteomyelitic bone and long-term antibiotic therapy. Balloon catheter dilatation is a new technique which was recently introduced for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis. In this article, we present three PPT cases (two of them were secondary to endoscopic sinus surgery) who were successfully treated with balloon catheter dilatation and long-term antibiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kazım
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bozdemir
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kutluhan
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yalçıner
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cetin
authors.forename: Akif Sinan
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bilgen
authors.forename: Behçet
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tarlak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000379:methods; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods; D004322:Drainage; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000601:surgery; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059369:Pott Puffy Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents