Δευτέρα 27 Νοεμβρίου 2017

Puff laddy: a 5-year-old-boy with forehead swelling

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A 5-year-old boy presented with forehead swelling in the setting of a recent sinus infection. His initial symptoms were fever and nasal congestion for which he was prescribed a 10-day course of antibiotics, completed 3 days prior to admission. He subsequently developed unsteady gait, photophobia, headache, vomiting and progressive forehead swelling. He was noted to have central forehead oedema and tenderness without overlying erythaema (figure 1). There were no neurological or ophthalmological deficits. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)/Magnetic Resonance Venography (MRV) of the head demonstrated a 3.5x1.2x3.9 cm subgaleal abscess with communication to the frontal sinuses as well as osteomyelitis of the frontal bone (figure 2). The patient underwent surgical drainage of the abscess with evacuation of purulent fluid (figure 3). Culture from the procedure grew Streptococcus anginosus. He clinically improved following surgery and was transitioned home to complete a 21-day total course of antibiotics.

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