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PYOMYOSITIS TROPICANS: A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA
Author(s) -
Chaitow J.,
Martin H. C. O.,
Knight P.,
Buchanan N.
Publication year - 1980
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.1326-5377.1980.tb100719.x
Subject(s) - pyomyositis , medicine , abscess , radiology , computed tomography , diagnostic test , lesion , pathology , surgery , pediatrics
Pyomyositis tropicans is a rare disease in non‐tropical climates and thus presents diagnostic difficulties. Two children with single staphylococcal psoas muscle abscesses were recently successfully treated. Computerized axial tomography was found to be a useful diagnostic aid, allowing exact localization of the lesion. The diagnosis and therapy of these abscesses are discussed.