Case ReportPott's puffy tumor: a forgotten differential diagnosis of frontal swelling of the forehead
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Pott's puffy tumor was first described by Sir Percivall Pott in 1768. He originally suggested that trauma of the frontal bone was causative for this lesion, but later, he considered frontal sinusitis as the reason for this pseudotumor [2]. In 1775, he described a case of frontal sinus infection causing an indolent puffy swelling of the forehead or subperiostal abscess leading to that name [3]. This complication of frontal sinus infection is well known; however, because of extensive use of
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