Lethal complication in Pott's Puffy tumor: A case report
| Autor: | Manabu Murakami, Kotaro Matoba, Nahoko Okuya, Hideki Hyodoh, Tomoko Matoba, Atsuko Saito |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty cause of death investigation Autopsy Procalcitonin 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Pathology and Forensic Medicine Sepsis Lesion 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Pott's puffy tumor Cause of death business.industry Postmortem CT Frontal osteomylitis Forensic Radiology medicine.disease Empyema Forensic radiology medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging. 14:12-15 |
| ISSN: | 2212-4780 |
| Popis: | Case report 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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