FRONTAL LOBE ABSCESS SECONDARY TO SINUSITIS

Intracranial Abscess Secondary to Chronic Sinusitis – A Case Report

O5: Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

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Actinomycotic brain abscess with osteomyelitis arising from frontal sinusitis.

This 18-year-old immunocompetent man presented with a 2-month history of intermittent fever and progressive frontal headache. He was treated for frontal sinusitis but his symptoms worsened. History revealed that he had recurrent rhinopharyngitis. On physical examination, he was alert, afebrile without focal neurological deficits but he had bilateral papilledema. Laboratory studies were normal. ...

Extensive Frontoparietal Abscess: Complication of Frontal Sinusitis (Pott's Puffy Tumor)

First described in 1768, the Pott's puffy tumor is a subperiosteal abscess associated with frontal bone osteomyelitis, resulting from trauma or frontal sinusitis. The classic clinical presentation consists of purulent rhinorrhea, fever, headache, and frontal swelling. The diagnosis is confirmed by CT scan and treatment requires intravenous antibiotics, analgesia, and surgical intervention. Earl...

Case Report Brain Abscess Secondary to Frontal Osteomyelitis

(1) Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, School of Medicine/University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Correspondence to: A.C. Nicodemo, Departamento de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias (4° Andar) sala 4028 ou 4029, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar 255, Cerqueira César, 05403-000 São Paulo, SP, Brasil. Phone:...