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dc.contributor.authorNugent, Nora F
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Michael
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Jason
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-05T12:35:15Z
dc.date.available2012-01-05T12:35:15Z
dc.date.issued2010-08
dc.identifier.citationScalp abscess--a cautionary tale. 2010, 63 (8):e619-21 J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surgen
dc.identifier.issn1878-0539
dc.identifier.pmid20189900
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.bjps.2010.02.011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/200245
dc.description.abstractTranscranial extension of frontal sinus infection is a rare, but not eradicated entity. We present a 21-year-old male, in whom a persistent scalp abscess heralded the discovery of skull vault osteomyelitis and extradural abscesses secondary to frontal sinusitis. Patients with prolonged or unusual symptoms with a history of sinusitis or trauma warrant further investigation as they may have developed serious intracranial complications. Urgent management, both surgical and antimicrobial, is indicated in such scenarios.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.subject.meshAbscess
dc.subject.meshActinomyces
dc.subject.meshActinomycosis
dc.subject.meshAnti-Bacterial Agents
dc.subject.meshDrainage
dc.subject.meshFollow-Up Studies
dc.subject.meshFrontal Bone
dc.subject.meshFrontal Sinusitis
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshOsteomyelitis
dc.subject.meshScalp
dc.subject.meshTomography, X-Ray Computed
dc.subject.meshYoung Adult
dc.titleScalp abscess--a cautionary tale.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland. noranugent@gmail.comen
dc.identifier.journalJournal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRASen
dc.description.provinceMunster
html.description.abstractTranscranial extension of frontal sinus infection is a rare, but not eradicated entity. We present a 21-year-old male, in whom a persistent scalp abscess heralded the discovery of skull vault osteomyelitis and extradural abscesses secondary to frontal sinusitis. Patients with prolonged or unusual symptoms with a history of sinusitis or trauma warrant further investigation as they may have developed serious intracranial complications. Urgent management, both surgical and antimicrobial, is indicated in such scenarios.


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