Pott's Puffy Tumor: A Complication of Intranasal Cocaine Abuse

Puffy Frontal Edema: A Serious Life-Threatening Finding of Pott’s Puffy Tumor: Case Report

“…9,10 Rarer risk factors for Pott's puffy tumor include osteocartilaginous necrosis secondary to chronic intranasal cocaine abuse, den- Çocuk Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları tal sepsis, or delayed complications of neurosurgery. 11,12 In our case no prior trauma was present, frontal sinusitis might have led to Pott's puffy tumor.…”

An Unusual Cause of Headache: Pott??s Puffy Tumour

“…Frontal sinusitis is recognized as the most common cause of Pott's puffy tumour but the other main causative factor is trauma [1,5]. Rarer aetiologies include intranasal cocaine abuse [7], dental sepsis [8], fibrous dysplasia, malignancy of the frontal sinus and a delayed complication of neurosurgery. Affecting one in eight persons in the United States, sinusitis has become the most common chronic illness, surpassing arthritis and hypertension.…”

“…Skeletal scintigraphy allows early detection of osteomyelitis [9]. The characteristic findings on a CT scan include opacification of frontal sinuses and a pericranial fluid collection [7]. Bacteriological study of infected material reveals polymicrobial involvement including Streptococci, Bacteroides and Staphylococci spp.…”

“…Culturedirected therapy should be instituted as early as possible. The average duration of intravenous and oral therapy is 6 weeks [3,5,7].…”

Brain abscess secondary to frontal osteomyelitis

“…There are no data about incidence of FO secondary to sinusitis, neither brain abscess related to FO. Various case reports about Pott's puffy tumor have been published 2,12,14,15 . The Pott's puffy tumor had frontal edema and is associated with subgaleal empyema, which was not reported in this case.…”