Nasal septal abscess: a case report
Khedim, A.; Ben Slimene, S.; Faidi, A.; Mansour, S.; Bel Hadj Yahia, S.; Chtioui, I.; Ayari, S.; Chafai, F.; Maamouri, M.
Revue de Laryngologie - Otologie - Rhinologie 128(1-2): 81-84
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-1334 PMID: 17633673 Document Number: 609467
The nasal septum abscess is a rare and serious infection because of the complications which can be generated. The authors report a new case of nasal septum abscess to probably from dental origin. A 47 year old man consulted for bilateral nasal obstruction and rhinorrhea for 3 days with an infectious context. The clinical examination as well as the CT scan demonstrated a septal abscess. The patient had a surgical drainage associated with a triple antibiotherapy with favourable evolution at the end of 10 days. The etiologic investigation is in favour of a dental etiology. It is about a rare and serious infectious pathology of the nasal septum. We point out its various etiologies, its management, while insisting on the preventive treatment of this affection.