Revista de la Facultad de Medicina (Apr 2017)

Pott’s puffy pseudotumor: a forgotten and dangerous complication of sinusitis

  • Luz Ángela Moreno,
  • Rubén Danilo Montoya,
  • Gerhard Misael Acero de la Parra,
  • Gilberto Marrugo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15446/revfacmed.v65n2.57974
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 65, no. 2
pp. 373 – 376

Abstract

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Pott’s puffy pseudotumor is one of the possible complications of sinusitis. The literature reports few cases related to this entity; however, this article presents a series of four cases to raise awareness among the medical group of the existence of this disease, and how timely management can prevent severe complications.

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