Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery in Management of Pott's Puffy Tumor in a Pregnant Woman: A Clinical Case Report and Literature Review

Seyed Ali Dehghan Manshadi; Azin Tabari; Hana Saffar; Faeze Salahshour; Nahid Shafiee; Azam Sadat Izadpanah; Seyed Mohammad Piri

doi:10.1002/ccr3.70087

Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery in Management of Pott's Puffy Tumor in a Pregnant Woman: A Clinical Case Report and Literature Review

Clin Case Rep. 2025 Jan 7;13(1):e70087. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.70087. eCollection 2025 Jan.

Authors

Seyed Ali Dehghan Manshadi¹, Azin Tabari², Hana Saffar³, Faeze Salahshour⁴, Nahid Shafiee⁵, Azam Sadat Izadpanah⁶, Seyed Mohammad Piri³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA) Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
² Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, IKHC Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
³ Cancer Research Institute, IKHC Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Research Center (ADIR) Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
⁵ Liver Transplantation Research Center, Imam-Khomeini Hospital Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) Tehran Iran.
⁶ Department of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.

Abstract

PPT is a life-threatening intracranial complication, which is essential to be considered in both children and adults presenting with sinusitis symptoms.

Keywords: Pott's puffy tumor; adults; endoscopic surgeries; intracranial; osteomyelitis; pregnancy.