Forehead swelling caused by Pott's puffy tumor in a 9-year-old boy with sinusitis

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 704-707

  Blackman, Samuel C ^a   Schleiss, Mark R ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pott's puffy tumor; Preseptal cellulitis; Sinusitis; Sinusitis complications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOREHEAD; FRONTAL SINUS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT EDEMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POTT PUFFY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUSITIS; CHILD; EDEMA; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; OSTEOMYELITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CHILD; EDEMA; FOREHEAD; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33644873973     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2005.02129.x     Document Type: Article

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