Silva Ana Cristina Veiga, Lins Camila Mendonça, Mendes Renan Furtado de Almeida, Silva Marcelo Henrique Simões, de Alencar Neto Joaquim Fechine, Lopes Caio César Maia, Ferraz Gabriela Lisboa de Souza, de Sousa Diego Felipe Rodrigues, Bem Junior Luiz Severo, Valença Marcelo Moraes, de Azevedo-Filho Hildo Rocha Cirne
Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, Brazil.
Neuroscience Post-Graduate Program, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife-PE, Brazil.
Front Surg. 2022 Jun 27;9:889463. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.889463. eCollection 2022.
Pott's Puffy tumor, also called Pott's edematous tumor (PET), is a subperiosteal abscess of the frontal bone, associated with osteomyelitis of the frontal bone. In this paper, we report the case of a 16-year-old patient who presented with headache associated with progressive forehead swelling and fever. Clinical and imaging exams pointed to the hypothesis of PET associated with brain abscess. Patient was submitted to surgical excision of the abscess and treatment of osteomyelitis, with intraoperative findings corroborating the condition. There was a good clinical-radiological recovery associated with prolonged antibiotic therapy and satisfactory follow-up after hospital. PET, which often results from an underdiagnosed or partially treated frontal sinusitis, is a condition that must be promptly recognized and directed to an adequate therapeutic approach due to the risk of serious complications that it entails.
波特氏浮肿性肿瘤，也称为波特氏水肿性肿瘤（PET），是一种额骨骨膜下脓肿，与额骨骨髓炎相关。在本文中，我们报告了一例16岁患者的病例，该患者表现为头痛，并伴有前额渐进性肿胀和发热。临床和影像学检查提示为与脑脓肿相关的PET。患者接受了脓肿的手术切除和骨髓炎治疗，术中发现证实了该病情。经过长期抗生素治疗和出院后令人满意的随访，患者实现了良好的临床-放射学恢复。PET通常由未被诊断或治疗不充分的额窦炎引起，由于其可能引发严重并发症，必须及时识别并采取适当的治疗方法。
