ReviewBrain sciences2023
A Systematic Review of Intracranial Complications in Adults with Pott Puffy Tumor over Four Decades.
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- Diabetes prolongs hospitalization and increases infection, cerebral edema, and neurological complications in meningioma patients: A retrospective study.World journal of diabetes · 2026Article
- Management of pott's puffy tumor: a Delphi-method international clinical consensus statement.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025Article
- Frontal osteomyelitis presenting as chronic preseptal abscess: an unusual scenario.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Pott's Puffy Tumor Initially Presenting as Eyelid Swelling without Typical Forehead Swelling.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2025Article
- Comprehensive Management of Cocaine-Induced Midline Destructive Lesions: A Young-IfOS Consensus.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- A Rare Case of Pott's Puffy Tumor in an Adult With Paranasal Osteoma and Pachymeningitis.Cureus · 2025Article
- A rare case report: Pott's Puffy tumor and Lemierre's syndrome with intracranial complications in an adult male.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery in Management of Pott's Puffy Tumor in a Pregnant Woman: A Clinical Case Report and Literature Review.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- Pott's puffy tumor with intracranial extension in a child with incontinentia pigmenti: case based review of the eponymous disease.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024Review
- Pott's Puffy Tumor in Young Age: A Systematic Review and Our Experience.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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- Hospitalizations and severe complications following acute sinusitis in general practice: a registry-based cohort study.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2023Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the risk factors of intracranial complications in adult patients with Pott Puffy Tumor (PPT). A systematic review was conducted of clinical studies from January 1983 to December 2022 that reported on PPT adult patients. The full-text articles were reviewed for the patients' ages, sex, cultured organisms, surgical procedures, clinical sequalae, and underlying diseases that may affect the onset of intracranial complications in PPT adult patients. A total of 106 studies were included. Medical data were reviewed for 125 patients (94 males, 31 females). The median age was 45 years. A total of 52% had comorbidities, mostly head trauma (24.5%), sinus/neurosurgical operations (22.4%), immunosuppression conditions (13.3%), diabetes mellitus (9.1%), cocaine use (7.1%), or dental infections (6.1%). A total of 28 cultures revealed Streptococcus (22.4%), 24 contained staphylococci (19.2%), and 22 cultures contained other pathogens (17.6%). An amount of 30.4% developed intracranial complications, with the most common being epidural abscesses or empyemas (55.3%), as well as subdural (15.7%) and extradural lesions (13.2%). Age, DM, and immunosuppression conditions are significantly associated with intracranial complications (
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