J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  1984 Mar;13(1):175-177.

A Case of Frontal Sinus Osteoma Causing Brain Abscess

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  • 1Naval Base Hospital, Korea.

Abstract

The author reports a patient with a frontal sinus osteoma causing pansinusitis, epidural abscess and brain abscess. For while this tumor is benign its complications are serious. So the author recommends that these tumors should be removed while small, before producing serious symptoms.

Keyword

Osteoma; Sinusitis; Epidural abscess; Brain abscess

MeSH Terms

Brain Abscess*
Brain*
Epidural Abscess
Frontal Sinus*
Humans
Osteoma*
Sinusitis
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