Typhlitis as a rare cause of a psoas abscess.
Typhlitis is a life-threatening necrotizing process of the cecum associated with leukemia patients who have undergone chemotherapy. We present a rare complication of typhlitis in a boy with leukemia, in whom a right psoas abscess developed secondary to the inflammatory process of the cecum, with an emphasis on the computed tomographic findings of this severe and potentially life-threatening complication. Typhlitis should be added to conditions of the gastrointestinal tract that cause a psoas abscess such as Crohn's disease, diverticulitis, appendicitis, colorectal carcinoma, and appendiceal tumor.
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Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sheba Medical Center, affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel.
Apter
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Zissin
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D000293:Adolescent; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002432:Cecum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed