Gluteal Abscess: Diagnostic challenges and management.
Gluteal abscess is a well-documented presentation of a caries spine and other local bony foci of tuberculosis. Still, during a PUBMED data search, only one report of vertebral tuberculosis presenting only as a gluteal abscess in adults was found in English medical literature. The current article describes a case of tuberculosis of the lumbar spine with gluteal abscess as the only clinical feature, in an immunocompetent young adult.
Department of Orthopedics and Arthroscopy, Medical College, AIMS, Kerala, India. drkmenon@gmail.com
Kishore
K
Puthezhath
Balaji
B
Zacharia
Tils P
TP
Mathew
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000328:Adult; D002081:Buttocks; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy