Secondary psoas abscess twenty-seven years after nephrectomy.

Abstract

Abscesses of the psoas muscle are due to a hematogenous dissemination, to the spread of infection from adjacent intestinal structures, to osteomyelitis of the spine or to tuberculous infection of a disc space. In contrast, psoas abscesses related to the urological tract have only been described on exception. The present report focuses on a right psoas abscess which developed 27 years after a nephrectomy. The infectious process resulted from the spread of an acute vesical infection through the residual ureter. Analysis of 4 other cases reported in the literature allows us to delineate the clinical features of psoas abscesses of urological origin.

• Authors: M P Guillaume, J L Allé, E Cogan
• Journal: European urology (Eur Urol) Vol. 25 Issue 2 Pg. 171-3 ( 1994) ISSN: 0302-2838 [Print] Switzerland
• PMID: 8137860 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Aged
• Cystitis (complications, microbiology)
• Escherichia coli Infections
• Female
• Humans
• Nephrectomy
• Psoas Abscess (etiology, microbiology)
• Time Factors
• Ureter (microbiology)