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Pott's Puffy Tumor in an Adult: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
- Satomi Tatsumi, Min Ri, Naoyuki Higashi, Nozomu Wakayama, Shoji Matsune, and Mamiko Tosa.
- Department of Dermatology, Nippon Medical School Tama Nagayama Hospital.
- J Nippon Med Sch. 2016 Jan 1; 83 (5): 211-214.
AbstractPott's puffy tumor is a subperiosteal abscess of the frontal bone with osteomyelitis which has become rare because of the widespread use of antibiotics. Here, we report a case of Pott's puffy tumor in a 46-year-old man who visited the department of dermatology with painful swelling of the forehead. Despite open drainage and oral antibiotic therapy, the symptoms recurred twice in the following month. Computed tomography revealed a fistula of frontal bone. The eventual diagnosis was Pott's puffy tumor. The patient underwent endoscopic surgery at the department of otorhinolaryngology and achieved a complete recovery.
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