Psoas abscess associated with septic arthritis of the hip is unusual in infants. A 12-month-old infant presented with the complaints of fever, left hip pain and limp. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed left psoas abscess accompanied by septic arthritis of the hip. In this report, we present a case of psoas abscess with hip septic arthritis in an infant, and we describe the clinical and radiolo...

INTRODUCTION A paradoxical reaction during antituberculosis treatment is defined as the worsening of pre-existing tuberculosis lesions or the appearance of a new tuberculosis lesion in patients whose clinical symptoms improved with antituberculosis treatment. The median onset time to the development of a paradoxical response has been reported to be about 60 days after the start of treatment. We...

THE ASSOCIATION of psoas abscess with tuberculosis of the spine or sacroiliac joints is well recognized and occurs in about a fifth of such cases (Mercer & Duthie, 1964). It has long been known that psoas abscess may also occur without evidence of spinal disease, when it is often not of tuberculous origin. Mynter (1881) described cases of 'acute psoitis', and of the seven psoas abscesses withou...

A psoas abscess is a potentially life-threatening infection. Multiple pyogenic spondylodiscitis with bilateral psoas abscesses accompanying an osteomyelitis of the lateral malleolus is an extremely rare event. We present our experience with needle aspiration for the treatment of osteomyelitis of the lateral malleolus and CT-guided percutaneous catheter drainage for a psoas abscess in an elderly...

Psoas muscle abscess is an uncommon infection that have been diagnosed increasingly in the last years. We present a case of a patient with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection who developed a disseminated infection due to Nocardia asteroides sensu stricto type VI with psoas abscess. To our knowledge no other cases of Nocardia psoas abscess in the setting of HIV infection have been re...

Primary neoplasms in the psoas muscle including schwannoma and soft tissue sarcoma with secondary cystic degeneration are rare entities. They are difficult to distinguish from psoas abscess purely based on radiological findings. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) in the retroperitoneum is an uncommon entity in contrast to liposarcoma and leiomyosarcoma. Psoas abscess is a common infection in ...

conclusions tuberculosis is still a diagnostic challenge, especially when the presentation is atypical and extra-pulmonary. case presentation a 68-year-old male was admitted to our hospital with fever. he had splenomegaly, ascites and right-sided psoas abscess. chest x-ray was normal. although the vertebral column was intact, he had asymptomatic sacroiliitis. bony changes of the right sacroilia...

ABSTRACT Introduction: Psoas abscess is an uncommon condition seen only occasionally in daily surgical practice. Often, its clinical presentation is non­specific, frequently causing diagnostic uncertainty. Late presentation, delayed recognition and inappropriate management of this condition can often precede eventual diagnosis, especially in resource poor settings. Case Report: We describe the ...

BACKGROUND Acute transverse myelitis is uncommon and presumably results from an autoimmune process or a preceding infection. Most cases of bacterial myelitis are due to hematogenous dissemination from urinary or respiratory tract infections or contiguous spreading from a neighboring infected structure. A psoas abscess rarely spreads to higher levels of the spinal cord. No cases of acute cervica...

Primary tubercular psoas abscess is a rare clinical entity and has seldom been reported in an otherwise healthy person. Here we report an interesting case of primary tubercular psoas abscess in an immunocompetent male with no other traceable source.