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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · European Journal of General Dentistry 2021; 10(03): 183-186
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1736376
Case Report

A Case of Pott's Puffy Tumor from Odontogenic Source

Tyler Merrill
1   Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
,
Kyle Davis 
1   Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
,
James Reed Gardner
1   Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
,
Alissa Kanaan 
1   Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
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Abstract

Pott's puffy tumor (PPT) is a known complication of frontal sinusitis. Odontogenic maxillary sinusitis can seldomly spread to involve the frontal sinus but has not been implicated in the development of PPT. Herein, we describe a case of frontal sinusitis originating from an odontogenic source and culminating in PPT.

Keywords

Pott's puffy tumor - odontogenic - sinusitis

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The Institutional Review Board (IRB) classified this study as exempt.


Authors' Contributions

Tyler Merrill contributed to data collection and manuscript drafting. Kyle Davis contributed to manuscript drafting. J. Reed Gardner contributed to data collection and manuscript drafting. Alissa Kanaan contributed to data collection and manuscript drafting




Publication History

Article published online:
18 October 2021

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