title: Pott's puffy tumor: a rare complication of acute otitis media in child: a case report.
abstract: To describe a rare case of Potts' puffy tumor (PPT) in the zygomatic area, which developed as a complication of acute otitis media in a 6-year-old child. To date, only one case of PPT has been described in the literature as a complication of latent mastoiditis in an adult, and one case of PPT as a complication of acute mastoiditis in a 10-year-old child. Urgent surgical intervention, including evacuation of the purulent lesion, removal of inflamed soft tissue and osteolysis of the involved bone, and antromastoidectomy, intravenous treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics, including G+, G-, anaerobes and fungi, and local therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University and Faculty Hospital, Brno, Černopolní 9, 61300, Czech Republic. Electronic address: docttor.urik@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Urík
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University and Faculty Hospital, Brno, Černopolní 9, 61300, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Machač
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University and Faculty Hospital, Brno, Černopolní 9, 61300, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Šlapák
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University and Faculty Hospital, Brno, Černopolní 9, 61300, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hošnová
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D059369:Pott Puffy Tumor / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: Acute otitis media; Childhood; Pott's puffy tumor