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
,
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
,
1   Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
› Institutsangaben

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.

Institutional Review Board statement

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




Publikationsverlauf

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
18. Oktober 2021

© 2021. European Journal of General Dentistry. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
A-12, 2nd Floor, Sector 2, Noida-201301 UP, India

 
  • References

  • 1 Tatsumi S, Ri M, Higashi N, Wakayama N, Matsune S, Tosa M. Pott's puffy tumor in an adult: a case report and review of literature. J Nippon Med Sch 2016; 83 (05) 211-214
  • 2 Chandy B, Todd J, Stucker FJ, Nathan CO. Pott's puffy tumor and epidural abscess arising from dental sepsis: a case report. Laryngoscope 2001; 111 (10) 1732-1734
  • 3 Geyton T, Henderson A, Morris J, McDonald S. A case of Pott's puffy tumour from primary dental infection. BMJ Case Rep 2017; 2017: bcr-2017-222294 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-222294.
  • 4 Turfe Z, Ahmad A, Peterson EI, Craig JR. Odontogenic sinusitis is a common cause of unilateral sinus disease with maxillary sinus opacification. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2019; 9 (12) 1515-1520
  • 5 Pendolino AL, Koumpa FS, Zhang H, Leong SC, Andrews PJ. Draf III frontal sinus surgery for the treatment of Pott's puffy tumour in adults: our case series and a review of frontal sinus anatomy risk factors. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2020; 277 (08) 2271-2278
  • 6 Singh B, Van Dellen J, Ramjettan S, Maharaj TJ. Sinogenic intracranial complications. J Laryngol Otol 1995; 109 (10) 945-950