Pott's puffy tumor: multidetector computed tomography findings

J Craniofac Surg. 2008 Nov;19(6):1697-9. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31818eed33.

Abstract

A subperiostal abscess of the frontal bone as a complication of osteomyelitis, appearing as a puffy, indolent tumor of the forehead, was first described by Pott. This less-common complication of is known as Pott's Puffy tumor. The complications of Pott's Puffy tumor are preseptal and orbital cellulites by downward spread to the orbit and intracranial infection by posterior extension. We present a case of Pott's Puffy tumor complicated by intracranial infection imaged by means of multidetector computed tomography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adolescent
  • Bone Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Frontal Bone / diagnostic imaging*
  • Frontal Sinusitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Maxillary Sinusitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*