Teaching case: Pott's puffy tumor and epidural abscess arising from dental sepsis: A case report

Laryngoscope

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1732-1734

  Chandy, Binoy ^a   Todd, John ^a   Stucker, Fred J ^a   Nathan, Cherie Ann O ^a,b,c  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural abscess; Frontal sinusitis; Odontogenic; Pott's puffy tumor; Streptococcus intermedius

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; POTT PUFFY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH INFECTION; ABSCESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; SCALP; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERIAPICAL ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SCALP; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0034784981     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200110000-00012     Document Type: Article

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