Tumor inflamatorio de Pott: una complicación infrecuente de la sinusitis frontal / Pott's puffy tumor: A rare complication of frontal sinusitis

El tumor inflamatorio de Pott es una complicación infrecuente de la sinusitis frontal caracterizada por tumefacción y edema en la frente por absceso subperióstico secundario a osteomielitis del hueso frontal. Complicaciones añadidas son: celulitis por extensión a la órbita e infección intracraneal por extensión posterior asociando alto riesgo de meningitis, absceso intracraneal y trombosis del seno venoso. Un diagnóstico temprano y un tratamiento intensivo médico y quirúrgico son esenciales para una óptima recuperación de los pacientes afectados. En la era antibiótica es extremadamente infrecuente, habiéndose descritos muy pocos casos en la bibliografía reciente. Presentamos un caso de tumor inflamatorio de Pott en un varón de 7 años que, como complicación de una pansinusitis aguda, presenta tumefacción frontal con celulitis preseptal y afectación intracraneal con trombosis de venas oftálmica y orbitaria superior y absceso epidural frontal con extensión hasta espacio subaracnoideo (AU)

Pott’s puffy tumor is a rare complication of frontal sinusitis characterized by swelling and edema in the brow due to a subperiosteal abscess associated with frontal osteomyelitis. Added complications are cellulitis by extension to the orbit and intracranial infection by posterior extension, with high risk of meningitis, intracranial abscess, and venous sinus thrombosis. Early diagnosis and aggressive medical or surgical treatment are essential for optimal recovery of affected patients. In the antibiotic age it is extremely rare, with very few cases described in the recent literature. A case is presented of a Pott inflammatory tumor in a 7 year-old boy, as a complication of acute pansinusitis who presented with front preseptal swelling and intracranial involvement with thrombosis of ophthalmic and superior orbital veins and frontal epidural abscess extending to the subarachnoid space (AU)

[Pott's puffy tumor: a rare complication of frontal sinusitis]. / Tumor inflamatorio de Pott: una complicación infrecuente de la sinusitis frontal.

Pott's puffy tumor is a rare complication of frontal sinusitis characterized by swelling and edema in the brow due to a subperiosteal abscess associated with frontal osteomyelitis. Added complications are cellulitis by extension to the orbit and intracranial infection by posterior extension, with high risk of meningitis, intracranial abscess, and venous sinus thrombosis. Early diagnosis and aggressive medical or surgical treatment are essential for optimal recovery of affected patients. In the antibiotic age it is extremely rare, with very few cases described in the recent literature. A case is presented of a Pott inflammatory tumor in a 7 year-old boy, as a complication of acute pansinusitis who presented with front preseptal swelling and intracranial involvement with thrombosis of ophthalmic and superior orbital veins and frontal epidural abscess extending to the subarachnoid space.