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Abstract
Infection of the FRONTAL BONE often as a complication of FRONTAL SINUSITIS or trauma to the frontal bone and skull. It is characterized by subperiosteal abscess with OSTEOMYELITIS.
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6 entry terms
- Pott's Puffy Tumor
- Potts Puffy Tumor
- Puffy Tumor, Pott
- Puffy Tumor, Pott's
- Tumor, Pott Puffy
- Tumor, Pott's Puffy
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with POTT DISEASE see TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL
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History Note
2012
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Previous Indexing
- Frontal Bone (1978-2011)
- Frontal Sinusitis (1990-2011)
- Osteomyelitis (1971-2011)
- Sinusitis (1978-2011)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pott Puffy Tumor. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D059369. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D059369
- Pott Puffy Tumor. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pott%27s_puffy_tumor
- Pott Puffy Tumor. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7235194