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Pott’s puffy tumour caused by mucormycosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

K G Effat
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, El-Sahel Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
M Karam
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, El-Sahel Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
A El-Kabani
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, El-Sahel Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
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Abstract

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A case of Pott’s puffy tumour in a diabetic patient with renal failure is reported. The patient did not respond to intravenous antibiotics and further investigation revealed that the patient had mucormycosis. As far as we are aware, this is the first case of Pott’s puffy tumour due to mucormycosis to be reported in the literature.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2005 Royal Society of Medicine Press