title: A case of psoas abscess in a patient with systemic sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Abstract We report a case of psoas abscesses associated with systemic sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. A 61-year-old woman had been sufferring from high fever. A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed bilateral psoas abscesses from which Peptostreptococcus spp. were detected by a culture of the pus. The abscesses were ameliorated by performing CT-guided percutaneous drainage and using appropriate antibiotics. Although psoas abscess is relatively rare, it can be a cause of fever of unknown origin in collagen diseases.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, Miura Municipal Hospital , 4-33 Koyo-cho, Miura, Kanagawa 238-0222 , Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ihata
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishigatsubo