Open AccessPott′s puffy tumor following an insect bite
Author(s) -
Vignesh Raja,
Christopher M. Low,
Amit Sastry,
Brendan Moriarty
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.32212
Subject(s) - medicine , osteomyelitis , frontal bone , cellulitis , sinusitis , complication , surgery , dermatology , skull
Pott's puffy tumor, a feature of osteomyelitis of the frontal bone, is a rare entity, especially in adults. Sir Percival Pott originally described this condition as a complication of trauma to the frontal bone. This is also a recognized complication of fronto-ethmoidal sinusitis. We present a rare case of Pott's puffy tumor caused by an insect bite presenting initially as a preseptal cellulitis and explore its pathogenesis and management.