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Descriptor English: Pott Puffy Tumor
Descriptor Spanish: Tumor Hinchado de Pott
Descriptor tumor de Pott Puffy
Scope note: Infección del HUESO FRONTAL a menudo como complicación de la SINUSITIS FRONTAL o trauma en el hueso frontal y cráneo. Se caracteriza por un absceso subperióstico acompañada de OSTEOMIELITIS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tumor de Pott
Descriptor French: Tumeur de Pott
Entry term(s): Pott's Puffy Tumor
Potts Puffy Tumor
Puffy Tumor, Pott
Puffy Tumor, Pott's
Tumor, Pott Puffy
Tumor, Pott's Puffy
Tree number(s): C01.160.495.875
C05.116.165.495.750
C11.675.689
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059369
Scope note: Infection of the FRONTAL BONE often as a complication of FRONTAL SINUSITIS or trauma to the frontal bone and skull. It is characterized by subperiosteal abscess with OSTEOMYELITIS.
Annotation: do not confuse with POTT DISEASE see TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Frontal Bone (1978-2011)
Frontal Sinusitis (1990-2011)
Osteomyelitis (1971-2011)
Sinusitis (1978-2011)
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
Related: Tuberculosis, Spinal MeSH
DeCS ID: 54467
Unique ID: D059369
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/07/01
Pott Puffy Tumor - Preferred
Concept UI M0549689
Scope note Infection of the FRONTAL BONE often as a complication of FRONTAL SINUSITIS or trauma to the frontal bone and skull. It is characterized by subperiosteal abscess with OSTEOMYELITIS.
Preferred term Pott Puffy Tumor
Entry term(s) Pott's Puffy Tumor
Potts Puffy Tumor
Puffy Tumor, Pott
Puffy Tumor, Pott's
Tumor, Pott Puffy
Tumor, Pott's Puffy



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