Pott puffy tumour in a five-year-old girl

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

Tumour in a 14 year old girl.

The patient, a 14 yr old girl, is the fifth child of a German family with nine children. Ten years previously both parents were infected with tubercle bacteria by their grandmother. At that time, our patient showed signs of primary tuberculosis (chest X-ray) and was treated with combined chemotherapy from 1981-1983. Chest X-ray films up to 1987 remained without pathological findings, except for...

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...

Mediterranean Stomatocytosis/macrothrombocytopenia in A 9-Year-Old Girl

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...