CTにて診断しえた腰筋膿瘍の1例

A CASE OF PSOAS ABSCESS DIAGNOSED BY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

緒言

　腰筋膿瘍は整形外科領域では稀な疾患ではなく，泌尿器科領域においても鑑別すべき疾患は多い。最近，われわれはcomputed tomography（CT）にて診断しえた本症の1例を経験したので報告する。

A 56-year-old man was admitted to Kochi Municipal Central Hospital with chief complaints of right abdomonal pain and low-grade fever lasted for about two years. The findings of computed tomo-graphy (CT) showed low density area within right psoas muscle. Symptoms and CT findings suggested right psoas abscess, and drainage and aspiration of psoas abscess were performed. Inducing cause of psoas abscess was unknown.

In orthopedic field psoas abscess is not rate.