Open AccessIsolated frontal sinus aspergillosis – Presenting as ‘Pott’s puffy tumor’
Author(s) -
Raman Wadhera,
S. P. Gulati,
Vijay K. Kalra,
Anju Ghai
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
egyptian journal of ear nose throat and allied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.108
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2090-3405
pISSN - 2090-0740
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejenta.2015.05.001
Subject(s) - frontal sinus , aspergillosis , frontal bone , medicine , sinus (botany) , surgery , osteomyelitis , sinusitis , anatomy , skull , biology , botany , immunology , genus
Isolated frontal sinus aspergillosis is extremely uncommon. Frontal sinus is commonly involved secondarily in association with other sinuses. A case of isolated frontal sinus aspergillosis is being reported which presented as Pott’s puffy tumor. Frontal sinus exploration was done under general anesthesia. A small focus of the osteomyelitic bone in the anterior wall of the frontal sinus was removed. The fungus ball filling the left frontal sinus was removed