Acute Sinusitis Resulting in a Craniotomy : An Uncommon Complication of a Common Infection

Abstract EN

Acute bacterial sinusitis is a common infectious condition.

Patients may initially present with an uncomplicated infection and later, despite appropriate initial antibiotic therapy, develop a potentially life-threatening complication.

Interventions aimed at alleviating such unexpected events need be prompt and adequate.

We describe a case of a patient who initially presented with signs and symptoms of acute sinusitis later to be diagnosed with a frontal epidural abscess.