Very late complications after septoplasty: septal abscess
Cenk Evren1, Volkan Bilge Yiğit2, Mustafa Suphi Elbistanlı3, Nevzat Demirbilek1
1Beylikdüzü Medilife Hastanesi Kbb Kliniği, İstanbul, Türkiye
2Zonguldak Devlet Hastanesi Kbb Kliniği, Zonguldak Türkiye
3Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Eğitim Ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları Kliniği, İstanbul, Türkiye
Keywords: Complication, nasal trauma, septal abscess.
Abstract
Nasal septal abscess is defined as a collection of pus between the cartilage or bony septum and the mucoperichondrium or mucoperiostium. Nasal septal abscess manifests itself most often with nasal congestion and pain. In this article, we report a 46-year-old male patient with a Pseudomonas aeruginosa induced septal abscess as a complication of septoplasty four months after the surgery. As far as we know, this is the latest reported septal abscess as a complication of septoplasty operation.