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Pott’s puffy tumor after acupuncture therapy

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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.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Children Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 5 Fu-Shing Street, Kweishan 333, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Chang-Teng Wu, Jing-Long Huang, Shao-Hsuan Hsia, Hao-Yuan Lee & Jainn-Jin Lin

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Wu, CT., Huang, JL., Hsia, SH. et al. Pott’s puffy tumor after acupuncture therapy. Eur J Pediatr 168, 1147–1149 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-008-0892-x

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