title: Bilateral psoas abscess during pregnancy presenting as an acute abdomen: atypical presentation.
abstract: Nearly half of skeletal tuberculosis patients have spinal tuberculosis, but psoas abscess develops in only 5% of spinal tuberculosis cases. However, bilateral psoas abscess is a rarity. Psoas abscess occurring in pregnancy could be a clinical dilemma and is hardly reported. We report an unusual presentation of bilateral psoas abscess in pregnancy presenting as an acute abdomen and adnexal mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Aruna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nigam
authors.forename: Anupam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: Puja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pathak
authors.forename: Pooja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abbey
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012447:Sacrum / Q000382:microbiology; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D055815:Young Adult