title: [Psoas abscess caused by nephrolithiasis with perirenal abscess complicated with pleural effusion].
abstract: Left pleural effusion was found in a 60-year-old woman in whom chest radiography performed during a physical check up revealed no abnormality. Abdominal CT scanning revealed an abscess in the left psoas muscle. The psoas abscess was eliminated temporarily by drainage under ultrasonographic guidance and by the administration of antibiotics, but recurred one month later. A stag-horn renal stone considered to have caused the psoas abscess by formation of a perirenal abscess was eliminated by left nephrectomy. It is suggested tentatively that the psoas abscess might have been the cause of the pleural effusion.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kazama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aoshima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohmagari
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chohnabayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsusako
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Doi
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome