Pott’s puffy tumour secondary to frontal sinusitis

• Main Authors: Mohamad, Adam, Leman, Wan Ishlah, Asha'ari, Zamzil Amin, Mohamad, Irfan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Polish Society of Family Medicine 2018
• Subjects: RF Otorhinolaryngology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/68219/1/pott-s-puffy-tumour-secondary-to-frontal-sinusitis.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/68219/7/68219_pott-s-puffy-tumour-secondary-to-frontal-sinusitis_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/68219/; http://www.pimr.pl/index.php/issues/2018-vol-14-no-3/pott-s-puffy-tumour-secondary-to-frontal-sinusitis?aid=1235
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Frontal sinusitis is a common encounter in otorhinolaryngology practice. Most patients will present with frontal headache which worsens on bending forward, reduced sense of smell and sometimes cacosmia. Pott’s puffy tumour is an osteomyelitis of the frontal bone, which was originally described as...