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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...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Orthopedics & Traumatology
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1349-4333,0037-1033
DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.40.1739