Retroperitoneal abscess cured by percutaneous drainage with ultrasonography.
This report presents an unusual case of an extensive retroperitoneal abscess caused by appendicitis in a child. A 3-year-old boy who presented with right lower abdominal pain and a high fever was found, by abdominal ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT), to have a retroperitoneal abscess. Percutaneous drainage of the abscess under US guidance was successfully performed. There was no sign of recurrence of appendicitis or the abscess 12 months after the drainage.
Department of Surgery, Rinku General Medical Center, Izumisano Municipal Hospital, 2-23 Rinku-orai-kita, Izumisano, Osaka, 598-8577, Japan. y-kubota@rgmc.izumisano.osaka.jp.
Yasuhiko
Y
Kubota
Department of Surgery, Rinku General Medical Center, Izumisano Municipal Hospital, 2-23 Rinku-orai-kita, Izumisano, Osaka, 598-8577, Japan.
Toshikazu
T
Ito
Department of Surgery, Rinku General Medical Center, Izumisano Municipal Hospital, 2-23 Rinku-orai-kita, Izumisano, Osaka, 598-8577, Japan.
Yasuhiko
Y
Iiboshi
Department of Surgery, Rinku General Medical Center, Izumisano Municipal Hospital, 2-23 Rinku-orai-kita, Izumisano, Osaka, 598-8577, Japan.
Masaaki
M
Izukura
Appendicitis; Percutaneous drainage; Retroperitoneal abscess; Ultrasonography