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.
