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ArticleFrontiers in surgery2022

Case Report: Pott's Edematous Tumor: Complicated Frontal Sinusitis - An Unremembered Diagnosis.

Ana Cristina Veiga Silva, Camila Mendonça Lins, Renan Furtado de Almeida Mendes, Marcelo Henrique Simões Silva, Joaquim Fechine de Alencar Neto, Caio César Maia Lopes, Gabriela Lisboa de Souza Ferraz, Diego Felipe Rodrigues de Sousa, Luiz Severo Bem Junior, Marcelo Moraes Valença and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Pott's Puffy Tumour: A Rare Complication of Sinusitis.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Ana Cristina Veiga SilvaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, Brazil.
Camila Mendonça LinsFaculty of Medical Sciences, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Renan Furtado de Almeida MendesCenter for Medical Sciences, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil.
Marcelo Henrique Simões SilvaDepartment of Pathology of the Medicine Faculty, University of Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Joaquim Fechine de Alencar NetoFaculty of Medical Sciences, Unifacisa university center, Campina Grande, Brazil.
Caio César Maia LopesFaculty of Medical Sciences, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Gabriela Lisboa de Souza FerrazFaculty of Medical Sciences, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Diego Felipe Rodrigues de SousaDepartment of Radiology, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, Brazil.
Luiz Severo Bem JuniorNeuroscience Post-Graduate Program, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife-PE, Brazil.
Marcelo Moraes ValençaNeuroscience Post-Graduate Program, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife-PE, Brazil.
Hildo Rocha Cirne de Azevedo-FilhoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco · BRUniversidade de Pernambuco · BRHospital da Restauração · BRUniversidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Federal da Paraíba · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pott's Puffy tumor, also called Pott's edematous tumor (PET), is a subperiosteal abscess of the frontal bone, associated with osteomyelitis of the frontal bone. In this paper, we report the case of a 16-year-old patient who presented with headache associated with progressive forehead swelling and fever. Clinical and imaging exams pointed to the hypothesis of PET associated with brain abscess. Patient was submitted to surgical excision of the abscess and treatment of osteomyelitis, with intraoperative findings corroborating the condition. There was a good clinical-radiological recovery associated with prolonged antibiotic therapy and satisfactory follow-up after hospital. PET, which often results from an underdiagnosed or partially treated frontal sinusitis, is a condition that must be promptly recognized and directed to an adequate therapeutic approach due to the risk of serious complications that it entails.

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forehead swellingosteomyelitisPott’s edematous tumorPott’s Puffy tumorsinusistis

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PMID35832496
PMCPMC9271968
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