title: Peritonitis and fulminant sepsis due to spontaneous rupture of iliopsoas abscess.
abstract: We report a 25-year-old woman who presented with features of peritonitis. At laparotomy, the cause of the pyoperitoneum was found to be a left-sided ilio-psoas abscess. This was drained, but the patient continued to deteriorate with sepsis, and died on the fourth post-operative day.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi - 110 095, India. drskg_15@sify.com
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Sundeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology*; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*