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AI InsightIn this article, we present three PPT cases two of them were secondary to endoscopic sinus surgery who were successfully treated with balloon catheter dilatation and long-term antibiotherapy.
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Abstract
Pott’s Puffy tumor PPT is a rare entity characterized by subperiosteal abscess associated with osteomyelitis of the frontal bone. It is usually managed by surgical curettage of the osteomyelitic bone and long-term antibiotic therapy. Balloon catheter dilatation is a new technique which was recently introduced for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis. In this article, we present three PPT cases two of them were secondary to endoscopic sinus surgery who were successfully treated with balloon catheter dilatation and long-term antibiotherapy.
Özet
Pott’s Puffy tümörü PPT , frontal kemik osteomiye- liti ile ilişkili subperiosteal apseyle karakterize nadir görülen bir patolojidir. Hastalık genellikle osteomi- yelitik kemiğin küretajı ve uzun süreli antibiyoterapi ile tedavi edilir. Balon kateter dilatasyonu, kronik rinosinüzit tedavisinde son zamanlarda kullanılan yeni bir tekniktir. Bu yazıda, balon kateter dilatas- yonu ve uzun süreli antibiyoterapi ile başarılı bir şekilde tedavi edilen üç PPT olgusu olguların ikisi endoskopik sinüs cerrahisine ikincil gelişmiştir sunuldu