Psoas Abscess

Acute Psoas Abscess

A collection of pus in and around the psoas major muscle is generally chronic in nature and secondary to tuberculous disease of the spine. However, sometimes it is of an acute type. Such a case is seldom diagnosed correctly, not because the condition is rare or obscure but because the frequency of its occurrence is not appreciated. Recently Sworn (1933) has described three cases and quoted more...

Primary Psoas Abscess

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Infantile psoas abscess.

Introduction In India, 5% of patients with skeletal tuberculosis develop a psoas abscess as a complication.1 About 70% of psoas abscess cases have been reported in the age group of 10 to 17 years, but patients of more than 40 years of age usually develop psoas abscess due to secondary origin with a slight male preponderance.2 In infants, psoas abscess is rarely reported.3 We report a 6-month-ol...

Psoas abscess and acupuncture.

Psoas abscess is a rare condition, and is classified as either primary (haematogenous spread from a distant infection) or secondary (local spread from an infective process). In the past, secondary cases resulting from spinal tuberculosis (TB) were the most common, but this has changed with the fall in prevalence of TB in many parts of the world. Now the most common causes of secondary cases in ...

A Case of Psoas Abscess Successfully Treated