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Case Reports
. 2017 Sep 27:2017:bcr2017222294.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-222294.

A case of Pott's puffy tumour from primary dental infection

Thomas Geyton  1 , Arthur Henderson  1 , James Morris  1 , Steve McDonald  1
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Case Reports

A case of Pott's puffy tumour from primary dental infection

Thomas Geyton et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology; head and neck surgery; nasal polyps; oral and maxillofacial surgery; otolaryngology / ent.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Initial clinical appearance of midline forehead lump measuring 8 cm × 8 cm.
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Figure 2
Lateral view of initial clinical appearance.
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