title: [Non-tuberculous abscesses of the psoas. A case of apparently primary abscess of the psoas due to Staphylococcus aureus].
abstract: Abscess of the psoas, which is a well recognized complication in tuberculous osteoarticular infections, can also occur in certain regional diseases of the bones or viscera: common germ osteitis, diverticulosis, colic cancer, appendicitis and, above all, Crohn disease. Abscess of the psoas can also present as an apparently primary pyogenic muscular infection. A case is reported of an abscess of the psoas due to Staphylococcus aureus, which occurred spontaneously in an apparently healthy 50-year-old woman, was cured by surgical drainage, and whose course confirmed its primary nature.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Les abcès du psoas non tuberculeux. Un cas d'abcès du psoas à staphylocoque en apparence primitif.