RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Psoas abscess presenting with femoro-popliteal vein thrombosis
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 96
OP 98
VO 23
IS 1
A1 Oludare A. Demuren
A1 Mohammed Abomelha
YR 2002
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/23/1/96.abstract
AB Psoas abscess is an uncommon condition with vague clinical presentation. It generally has an insidious onset and before the advent of computed tomography, few cases were reported in the medical literature. We report the case of a middle aged diabetic woman who presented with left leg swelling. Doppler ultrasound revealed thrombosis of the popliteal vein and a collection in the left groin. Computed tomography confirmed the presence of a large left iliopsoas abscess extending to the anterior compartment of the thigh complicated with thrombosis of the superficial femoral and popliteal veins. We suggest that an iliopsoas abscess should be excluded when an immunocompromised patient presents with deep vein thrombosis.