title: [Retroperitoneal pyogenic infections with uncertain etiopathogenesis. Diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties].
abstract: Retroperitoneal pyogenic collections can appear in most distinct pathological situations. Establishing the topography and pathogenic route are essential steps in developing the therapeutic attitude. Diagnosis of suppurative retroperitoneal process complicating a previously attested disease is less difficult. The challenges appears in that cases with atypical, clinical picture, which presents associated pathological states (diabetes mellitus, chronic alcoholism, behavioral disturbances), as well as in primary retroperitoneal infections (psoas abscess, infected retroperitoneal tumors) or in that situations in which the patient presents toxico-septic shock on admission. A retrospective study on the patients with retroperitoneal infections admitted in our Clinic between 1996 - 2006 was carried out. We selected the cases in which preoperative etiopathogenic diagnosis was uncertain (in some situations the exact etiopathogenic route remaining unknown even postoperatively). The aim of this study is to evaluate the factors contributing to this, and how therapeutic attitude was influenced.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Chirurgie Caritas "Acad. N. Cajal", Bucureşti. marincasro@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Marincaş
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cirimbei
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Toba
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Filimon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Păun
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brătucu
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004322:Drainage; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents