Suppurative psoas abscess is an unusual lesion that is unfamiliar to many orthopaedic specialists, which can make an accurate and timely diagnosis problematic. The symptoms associated with this ...

Psoas abscesses are rare complications of post-transplantation patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy. There is often a delay in diagnosis because of its relative infrequency and the nonspecific ...

Promoting evidence-based management of anemia in cancer patients: Background and scientific validation of RESPOND, a web-based clinical decision support system No significant financial relationships ...

A man's severe back and belly pain turned out to be caused by a rare disease that causes pockets of pus to build up in a long muscle called the psoas. The 67-year-old man arrived at an emergency room ...

Study design: Single case report. Objectives: To present an unusual cause of fever in a patient with spinal cord injury (SCI). Setting: University Hospital, Belgium. Methods: A 52-year-old man with a ...

Primary abscesses may be caused by infection with Staphylococcus or Streptococcus species. Rarely, Salmonella typhi may be responsible for primary abscess. [7] Gram-negative organisms and anaerobes ...