title: Post-traumatic retroperitoneal colonic injury presenting as gluteal abscess.
abstract: We report an 8-year-old boy who sustained blunt retroperitoneal right colonic injury in a vehicular accident and presented with gluteal abscess. Surgical exploration revealed perforated posterior wall of ascending colon with surrounding retroperitoneal abscess communicating with the gluteal region. Right hemicolectomy with drainage of retroperitoneal and gluteal collections resulted in satisfactory recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatal and Pediatric Surgery, SMS Medical College, SP Mother and Child Health Institute, Jaipur, India.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Chetan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Vipul
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chaturvedi
authors.forename: Vinod
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002648:Child; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis