1. Pott's disease with extensive bilateral psoas abscesses in a Nigerian woman: an unusual case.
- Author
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Iloanusi NI, Unigwe US, Uche EO, Iroezindu MO, and Okafor OC
- Subjects
- Adult, Antitubercular Agents therapeutic use, Drainage, Female, Humans, Psoas Abscess diagnosis, Psoas Abscess surgery, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Treatment Outcome, Tuberculosis, Spinal drug therapy, Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation & purification, Psoas Abscess etiology, Spine diagnostic imaging, Tuberculosis, Spinal complications
- Abstract
Bilateral psoas abscesses are uncommon in Pott's disease. We describe a 28-year-old Nigerian woman with a 2-year history of constitutional symptoms and a 1-year history of bilateral paravertebral masses. She had received anti-tuberculosis (TB) treatment in an interrupted manner. A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed T10-T12 spondylitis, wedge collapse and extensive bilateral psoas abscesses. Histology of the abscess wall was definitively diagnosed as soft tissue TB, and special staining for acid-fast bacilli was positive. She was successfully treated with anti-TB therapy and ultrasound-guided surgical drainage of 6 L of abscess fluid. Complicated cases of Pott's disease may require multi-disciplinary interventions for optimal outcome., (© 2020 The College of Medicine and the Medical Association of Malawi.)
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- 2020
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