Computed tomography of the iliopsoas muscle.
Computed tomography (CT) is an ideal method for the imaging of the psoas muscle. The authors present 13 cases of patients with psoas abnormalities diagnosed by CT. The CT features of the different pathologic entities and comparison of CT with other imaging modalities are discussed.
D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed