FRONTAL CEREBRAL ABCESS, A RARE COMPLICAT ION OF SINUSONASAL POLYPOSIS - REPORT OF A CASE

Sinusonasal polyposis is frequent but usually benign. A 77-year-old wo man with an history of sinusonasal polyps, presented with fever and ne urologic impaiment. Radiologic imaging showed a polypoid mass filling the nose and sinuses, eroding the ethmoid bone, progressing intracrani ally, and causing brain abscess. The literature is reviewed, according to the relations between brain abscess development and nasal polyposi s, with emphasis on intracranial extension of sinusonasal polyps. Trea tment of the nasal polyps, usually based on the use of local or genera l corticosteroids, can avoid this serious complication.