Pott’s tumours - Our experience

Subrahmanyam C, Begum N, Chinnabathini S, Brunda P, Rao S, Fatima R

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Subrahmanyam C^1,*, Nazeema Begum¹, Snehalatha Chinnabathini¹, Pavani Brunda², Satish Rao³ and Rafath Fatima⁴

¹Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India

²AIIMS, Bibinagar, Hyderabad, India

³Department of Pathology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India

⁴Department of Microbiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India

*Corresponding author: Dr. C. Subhramanyam, MS., ENT (PGI, Chandigarh), Consultant Surgeon, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India. Email: drcsubrahmanyam@gmail.com

Received 13 July 2023; Revised 29 August 2023; Accepted 12 September 2023; Published 20 September 2023

Citation: Subrahmanyam C, Begum N, Chinnabathini S, Brunda P, Rao S, Fatima R. Pott’s tumours - Our experience. J Med Sci Res. 2023; 11(4):354-358. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2023/11-64

Copyright: © 2023 Subrahmanyam C et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

Pott’s puffy tumour is most frequently associated with bacterial infection but fungus causing Pott’s puffy tumour is very rare. A case series of three patients with Pott’s puffy tumour caused by fungi of different species like candida, aspergillus, mucor along with the clinical findings and management is presented here.

Keywords: Pott’s tumour; fungal aetiology; puffy tumour