A 6-Year-Old Boy with a Frontal Mass: Pott Puffy Tumor

Pott's Puffy Tumor in a 12-year-old boy.

Pott's puffy tumor (PPT) is a rare complication of sinusitis characterized by subperiosteal abscess and osteomyelitis of the frontal bone. Early diagnosis and treatment is vital before it causes intracranial complications such as subdural empyema or brain abscess. Herein we describe the case of a 12-year-old patient who developed preseptal cellulitis and PPT, and was successfully treated with a...

Pott puffy tumour in a five-year-old girl.

Pott puffy tumor.

Pott puffy tumor is osteomyelitis of the frontal bone with associated subperiosteal abscess causing swelling and edema over the forehead and scalp. It is a complication of frontal sinusitis or trauma. We present the case of an 8-year-old girl with frontal swelling. Imaging evaluation showed frontal osteomyelitis as a complication of frontal sinusitis with associated epidural and subperiosteal a...

A 6-year-old boy with shoulder pain. Splenic abscess.

A 6-year-old male presented to his primary care physician complaining of fever and left shoulder pain. Six weeks before presentation, he had fallen off the monkey bars and was treated for a right distal radius and ulna fracture. His cast was removed and he was otherwise doing well until 2 days before presentation when he developed a high-grade fever with no initial focus. Over the 2 days follow...

Two year-old boy with ischemic stroke

Arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) in adults is considered a serious health threat and requires urgent medical treatment. Prompt diagnosis allows the therapeutic option of thrombolysis within the time window of 3 to 6 hours after first symptoms. Alternatively, early anti-platelet therapy is effective in improving the outcome after stroke. The incidence of pediatric AIS range from 2 to 5 per 100 000...