A healthy 42-year-old Japanese woman presented with a 7-day history of a painful palpable mass under her chin (Picture A). A computed tomography scan demonstrated a subcutaneous abscess (Picture B and C), which was aspirated by an otolaryngologist. Kinyoun staining of the specimen showed positive results (Picture D), and the organism was identified as Nocardia brasiliensis by culture and 16s rR...

Spontaneous cholecystocutaneous fistula is a rare complication of chronic calculous cholecystitis, because currently gallstones are diagnosed and treated at an early stage. This occurrence is possible even if it seems actually to be rare. We report a case of spontaneous cholecystocutaneous fistula of Anterior Abdominal Wall with subcutaneous gallstones admitted in the medical oncology unit of H...

Case presentation: F.L.A.R., 12 years-old, male, reporting severe frontal headache with fever and emesis for 7 days, edema in the cephalic periorbital region, diagnosed as sinusitis prescribed amoxicillin+clavulanate (A/C). Due to persistence of symptoms on third day, he was admitted hospital. On physical examination, center his forehead had a soft, tender, warm, swollen area that caused an obv...

Introduction. Mondor's disease of the penis is an uncommon condition characterized by thrombosis or thrombophlebitis involving the superficial dorsal veins. An accompanied lymphangitis is discussed. There is typical self-limiting clinical course. Case Presentation. This paper firstly reports a secondary abscess formation of the preputial leaf two weeks after penile Mondor's disease and subcutan...

Thigh subcutaneous emphysema is an usual orthopaedic presentation normally associated with musculoskeletal problems or penetrating wounds. But, sometimes it can be related to abdominal pathology. We present a case of subcutaneous emphysema of the thigh secondary to para-caecal abscess.

A metastatic tuberculous abscess is a rare condition that should be considered in the differential diagnoses of subcutaneous nodules immunosuppressed patients. 71-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis developed disseminated tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis. After taking vertebral biopsy, appeared on extremities. Initial histopathological and microbiological studies performed skin biop...

Introduction Pyomyositis is a primary acute bacterial infection of skeletal muscles associated with abscess formation. The use of the term “tropical pyomyositis” should be restricted to primary muscle abscess arising de novo. It should not be used to describe intermuscular abscess; abscess extending into muscles from adjoining tissues, such as bone or subcutaneous tissues; or abscess secondary ...