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APPENDICITIS PRESENTING AS A SWOLLEN THIGH
Author(s) -
Sampson L. H.,
Pegg S. P.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb130766.x
Subject(s) - thigh , medicine , appendicitis , abscess , acute appendicitis , iliopsoas muscle , sign (mathematics) , surgery , radiology , anatomy , general surgery , mathematical analysis , mathematics
A case of acute appendicitis presenting as an abscess in the thigh with associated gas is described. The tracking of the pus down the psoas muscle is stressed, and its association with the psoas sign is noted.