Diseases of the nasal septum (鼻中膈疾病) - Septal abscess (鼻中膈膿腫)

Septal abscess (鼻中膈膿腫)

Aetiology:

Septal abscesses usually result from secondary infection of a septal haematoma.

Clinical features:

Manifests by the development of severe pain, nasal swelling and pyrexia following a septal haematoma. Cartilage necrosis often complicates septal haematoma and abscess with the production of a saddle-nose deformity.

Management:

Treatment is by incision and drainage with appropriate antibiotic therapy.