title: Percutaneous drainage of a psoas abscess in a young child.
abstract: Percutaneous drainage of abdominal and retroperitoneal abscesses has become a widely practiced alternative to surgery in selected patients. Although such techniques and results have been widely reported in adults, these series do not include reports of percutaneous drainage of a psoas abscess in a young child to emphasize that interventional radiologic techniques can be effective even in very young children.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011677:Punctures; D011859:Radiography; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space