title: [A left iliac psoas abscess in a patient treated for pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: The case of an 81-year-old ex-smoker male diagnosed with chronic bronchitis and undergoing treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis who presented a left iliac psoas abscess of torpid evolution is herewith reported. The detection of aerobic, anaerobic, fungal and mycobacterial microorganisms was repeatedly negative and was finally found to be an abscessed metastasis of epidermoid lung cancer. The aspects related to psoas abscess, muscular metastasis of bronchogenic carcinoma and the association between tuberculosis and lung cancer are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Militar de Valladolid.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Díez Herranz
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Legido Morán
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fernández Rodríguez
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Teruel González
authors.forename: T de J
authors.initials: Tde J
authors.lastname: González Martín
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Absceso del psoas ilíaco izquierdo en un paciente en tratamiento por tuberculosis pulmonar.