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Lethal complication in Pott's Puffy tumor : A case report
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Title: | Lethal complication in Pott's Puffy tumor : A case report |
Authors: | Hyodoh, Hideki Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Matoba, Kotaro Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Murakami, Manabu Browse this author | Saito, Atsuko Browse this author | Okuya, Nahoko Browse this author | Matoba, Tomoko Browse this author |
Keywords: | Postmortem CT | Pott's puffy tumor | cause of death investigation | Forensic Radiology | Frontal osteomylitis |
Issue Date: | Sep-2018 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Journal Title: | Journal of forensic radiology and imaging |
Volume: | 14 |
Start Page: | 12 |
End Page: | 15 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.jofri.2018.07.001 |
Abstract: | A man in his fifties was found dead in his bed. Using postmortem CT, the frontal sinus wall was seen to have been destroyed and a subcutaneous / intra-cranial mass-like lesion was detected. Postmortem blood biochemical examination demonstrated high values of urea nitrogen, c-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and precepsin, which were thought to be due to sepsis. Needle aspiration showed reddish viscous fluid, and the presence of Klebsiella oxytoca was confirmed by culture inspection. Based on these results, Pott's puffy tumor with intracranial empyema, and dehydration with sepsis in the agonal period was assessed as the cause of death. Using autopsy evaluation, it was possible to come to a concrete conclusion, but a minimally invasive autopsy might be an alternative approach to investigate the cause of death. |
Description: | Case report |
Rights: | © 2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Type: | article (author version) |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/75317 |
Appears in Collections: | 医学院・医学研究院 (Graduate School of Medicine / Faculty of Medicine) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 兵頭 秀樹
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