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A very rare complication of acute sinusitis: subgaleal abscess.

Department of Otolaryngology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Kulak burun bogaz ihtisas dergisi: KBB = Journal of ear, nose, and throat 19(3):155-8.
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT A 12-year-old girl presented with a swollen right eye with three days of pain and a diffused swollen frontal region and head lasting for one day. On the computed tomography with contrast, diffused collection was detected in the subgaleal regions and subperiosteal of the right orbita. It was observed that she had bilateral maxillary, ethmoidal, and frontal sinusitis and an infected bilateral middle concha bullosa in the right side. No symptoms of intracranial complication and osteomyelitis in the frontal or other calvarial bones were determined. This case presentation is thought to be the first one in literature that is an acute sinusitis without an intracranial complication and osteomyelitis, but with a diffused subgaleal abscess resulting from a subperiosteal abscess.

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Keywords

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calvarial bones
 
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infected bilateral middle concha bullosa
 
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subperiosteal abscess
 
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