title: Unusual Cause of Seizure: Pott Puffy Tumor.
abstract: Seizures is a comparatively common neurologic unwellness in children that has significant implications for development, parents, and society. The etiologic categories of seizures involve idiopathic, symptomatic, and cryptogenic. Pott puff tumor is a rare cause of seizures. The authors present a rare cause of the seizures.A 12-year-old boy presented with seizures. On physical examination there was swelling on his glabella. Laboratory testing indicated leukocytosis and increased C-reactive protein, and microbiological testing showed the presence of pathogenic streptococcus sp. Brain magnetic resonance imaging was performed. T1-weighted image with gadolinium enhancement revealed frontal bone defects and subcutaneous abscess and left frontal swelling. On the diffusion-weighted imaging, the abscess has relatively homogeneous increased signal intensity b1000. The apparent diffusion coefficient map reveals low intensity. Intracranial spread also showed contrast-enhanced image (). Magnetic resonance imaging typically reveals an intracranial abscess.Pott puffy tumor is an unusual clinical existence characterized by osteomyelitis of the frontal bone. The very common symptoms are headache, swelling fever, and nasal discharge. Frontal sinus infection may induce osteomyelitis, subperiosteal, and epidural abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Recep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sade
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.forename: Mecit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kantarci
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008297:Male; D059369:Pott Puffy Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*