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A 73-year-old male visited our clinic with recurrent upper eyelid abscess over the previous 3 months. The patient did not have any evidence of external injuries, systemic inflammations, or any other specific findings. The best cor-rected visual acuity was 0.9 in the right and 0.5 in the left eye with normal IOP. Enhanced CT revealed a focal low density mass (11.3 × 12.6 × 10 mm) with peripheral enhancement. An excisional biopsy was performed. Histopathologic examina-tion revealed chronic inflammation and granulation tissue formation and the patient was diagnosed with Pott's puffy tumor. The patient experienced no discomfort after the excision biopsy. At the 14-month follow-up, there were no signs of recurrence.
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Figure 2.
(A) Orbital CT scan demonstrating a focal Low density lesion with peripheral enhancement at the left up-per eyelid in contrast enhancement. (B) MRI scan demonstrating a focal lesion with fistula tract between fontal sinus and soft tissue swelling at the left upper eyelid.
Figure 3.
Microscopic examination of the frontal recess muco-sa shows number of lymphocytes and plasma cells infiltration (H&E stain, ×200).
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