Pott puffy tumor in a 5-year-old girl with frontal sinusitis

Ear Nose Throat J. 2013 Feb;92(2):E24-6.

Abstract

We describe the case of a 5-year-old girl with a Pott puffy tumor on her forehead. Computed tomography confirmed frontal sinusitis and an epidural abscess. This case is unusual in that the patient's age at presentation was younger than the age when the frontal sinuses are believed to develop.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Frontal Sinusitis / diagnosis*
  • Frontal Sinusitis / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pott Puffy Tumor / diagnosis*
  • Pott Puffy Tumor / drug therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents