Pott′s puffy tumor following an insect bite
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Pott's puffy tumor following an insect bite.
Pott's puffy tumor, a feature of osteomyelitis of the frontal bone, is a rare entity, especially in adults. Sir Percival Pott originally described this condition as a complication of trauma to the frontal bone. This is also a recognized complication of fronto-ethmoidal sinusitis. We present a rare case of Pott's puffy tumor caused by an insect bite presenting initially as a preseptal cellulitis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0022-3859
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.32212