A rare case report of neonatal iliopsoas abscess presenting as swelling of left hip
Abstract We report the case of a 12 days old baby boy who presented with swelling and bluish discoloration on his left hip at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in November 2018. Ultrasound (USS) was useful in making the diagnosis of a neonatal psoas abscess. He was treated with extraperiton...
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Pakistan Medical Association
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| author | Maimoona Saeed Iqtada Haider Shirazi |
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Abstract
We report the case of a 12 days old baby boy who presented with swelling and bluish discoloration on his left hip at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in November 2018. Ultrasound (USS) was useful in making the diagnosis of a neonatal psoas abscess. He was treated with extraperitoneal drainage and with systemic antibiotics. The clinical presentation and diagnosis, treatment of this rare condition and brief literature review is given in this case report.
Key Words: Abscess, Iliopsoas, Neonate, Staphylococcus aureus, Extraperitoneal Drainage.
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| spelling | doaj.art-c208cbd6d72745b6a9a2a8adec7a75372023-05-25T04:25:25ZengPakistan Medical AssociationJournal of the Pakistan Medical Association0030-99822020-10-0110.47391/JPMA.379A rare case report of neonatal iliopsoas abscess presenting as swelling of left hipMaimoona Saeed 0Iqtada Haider Shirazi 1Department of Neonatology, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, PakistanDepartment of Neonatology, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan Abstract We report the case of a 12 days old baby boy who presented with swelling and bluish discoloration on his left hip at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in November 2018. Ultrasound (USS) was useful in making the diagnosis of a neonatal psoas abscess. He was treated with extraperitoneal drainage and with systemic antibiotics. The clinical presentation and diagnosis, treatment of this rare condition and brief literature review is given in this case report. Key Words: Abscess, Iliopsoas, Neonate, Staphylococcus aureus, Extraperitoneal Drainage. Continuous.... https://www.ojs.jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/1684 |
| spellingShingle | Maimoona Saeed Iqtada Haider Shirazi A rare case report of neonatal iliopsoas abscess presenting as swelling of left hip Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association |
| title | A rare case report of neonatal iliopsoas abscess presenting as swelling of left hip |
| title_full | A rare case report of neonatal iliopsoas abscess presenting as swelling of left hip |
| title_fullStr | A rare case report of neonatal iliopsoas abscess presenting as swelling of left hip |
| title_full_unstemmed | A rare case report of neonatal iliopsoas abscess presenting as swelling of left hip |
| title_short | A rare case report of neonatal iliopsoas abscess presenting as swelling of left hip |
| title_sort | rare case report of neonatal iliopsoas abscess presenting as swelling of left hip |
| url | https://www.ojs.jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/1684 |
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