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.
Puthezhath
Kishore
K
Department of Orthopedics and Arthroscopy, Medical College, AIMS, Kerala, India. drkmenon@gmail.com
Zacharia
Balaji
B
Mathew
Tils P
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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