Psoas abscess twenty-one years after ipsilateral nephrectomy.
We report an unusual case of psoas abscess, which developed twenty-one years after ipsilateral nephrectomy and was caused by infrequent pathogen, Proteus mirabilis. It was diagnosed by computed tomography and was drained percutaneously with a nephrostomy tube guided by ultrasonography.
Tez
Selda
S
Department of Radiology and Urology, Fatih University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Dilmen
Gülcin
G
Unsal
Ali
A
Koktener
Asli
A
Cimentepe
Ersin
E
Saglam
Remzi
R
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011513:Proteus mirabilis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed