amoxicillin-potassium-clavulanate-combination and Cerebrospinal-Fluid-Rhinorrhea

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.

Topics: Abscess; Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; Anti-Infective Agents; Bacterial Infections; Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Nasal Septum; Tomography, X-Ray Computed