Acute Frontal Osteomyelitis Managed by Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: A Case Report / 대한이비인후과학회지
Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
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: 833-836, 2001.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Frontal osteomyelitis, frequently characterized by the classical sign of Pott's puffy tumor, is a serious life-threatening complication of frontal sinus infection. Anterior extension of the frontal sinus infection leads to osteomyelitis of the frontal bone and subperiosteal abscess. Surgical options are necessitated by the location and extent of infection, and include trephination, frontal sinus obliteration, and craniotomy. Recent advances in endoscopic sinus surgery have provided surgeons another access to the frontal recess. Examination of the frontal recess and removal of obstructive ethmoidal cells or diseased mucosa becomes feasible with nasal endoscopes. We report a recent encounter with a case of frontal osteomyelitis managed by endoscopic sinus surgery in a 22-year-old healthy male. We think that endoscopic sinus surgery is a good approach which can be carried out for the treatment of frontal sinus diseases and its complication.
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Main subject:
Osteomyelitis
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Trephining
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Frontal Sinusitis
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Endoscopes
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Craniotomy
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Abscess
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Endoscopy
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Pott Puffy Tumor
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Frontal Bone
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Frontal Sinus
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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