Lung adenocarcinoma metastasis to frontal sinus mimicking Pott's puffy tumor

J Craniofac Surg. 2013 Nov;24(6):e538-9. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318285d98a.

Abstract

Metastasis of the lung adenocarcinoma to the paranasal sinuses is a rare clinical entity. We present a 75-year-old male patient who presented with swelling of the forehead and left upper eyelid with proptosis in left eye due to metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma. It appears as a puffy swelling of the forehead like a Pott's puffy tumor. Pott's puffy tumor is a subperiostal abscess of the frontal bone associated with osteomyelitis and usually occurs as a complication of sinusitis or trauma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnosis
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Edema / diagnosis
  • Eyelid Diseases / diagnosis
  • Forehead / pathology
  • Frontal Sinus / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Pott Puffy Tumor / diagnosis*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods