Acute Psoas Abscess
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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 from the literature. Baer, Bennett and Nichlas (1923) discuss forty-two cases of psoas abscess due to
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