Pott's puffy tumor after acupuncture therapy.

Abstract

We report a case of Pott's puffy tumor (PPT) with Pseudomonas infection occurring after acupuncture therapy in a ventilator-dependent child. Acupuncture use has been growing during the past decade in the whole world. Infectious complications range from benign to lethal. PPT is a subperiosteal abscess of the frontal bone associated with underlying osteomyelitis. It presents as a localised swelling of the forehead. This paper describes a 12-year-old girl with PPT. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of PTT caused by acupuncture therapy.

• Authors: Chang-Teng Wu, Jing-Long Huang, Shao-Hsuan Hsia, Hao-Yuan Lee, Jainn-Jin Lin
• Journal: European journal of pediatrics (Eur J Pediatr) Vol. 168 Issue 9 Pg. 1147-9 (Sep 2009) ISSN: 1432-1076 [Electronic] Germany
• PMID: 19057925 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents

Topics

• Acupuncture Therapy (adverse effects)
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Child
• Edema (etiology)
• Female
• Frontal Bone (microbiology, pathology)
• Humans
• Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain (drug therapy, etiology)
• Infusions, Intravenous
• Osteomyelitis (etiology, microbiology, pathology)
• Pseudomonas Infections (drug therapy, etiology, microbiology)