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Case Report: Pott's Edematous Tumor: Complicated Frontal Sinusitis - An Unremembered Diagnosis

2022; Frontiers Media; Volume: 9; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3389/fsurg.2022.889463

2296-875X

Ana Cristina Veiga Silva, Camila Mendonça Lins, Renan Furtado de Almeida Mendes, Marcelo Henrique Simões Silva, Joaquim Fechine de Alencar Neto, Caio César Maia Lopes, Gabriela Lisboa de Souza Ferraz, Diego Felipe Rodrigues de Sousa, Luiz Severo, Marcelo Moraes Valênça, Hildo Rocha Cirne Azevedo‐Filho,

Head and Neck Surgical Oncology

Pott's Puffy tumor, also called Pott's edematous tumor (PET), is a subperiosteal abscess of the frontal bone, associated with osteomyelitis of the frontal bone. In this paper, we report the case of a 16-year-old patient who presented with headache associated with progressive forehead swelling and fever. Clinical and imaging exams pointed to the hypothesis of PET associated with brain abscess. Patient was submitted to surgical excision of the abscess and treatment of osteomyelitis, with intraoperative findings corroborating the condition. There was a good clinical-radiological recovery associated with prolonged antibiotic therapy and satisfactory follow-up after hospital. PET, which often results from an underdiagnosed or partially treated frontal sinusitis, is a condition that must be promptly recognized and directed to an adequate therapeutic approach due to the risk of serious complications that it entails.