Ruptured Infected Aneurysm with a Gas-forming Psoas Abscess
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Ruptured infected aneurysm with a gas-forming psoas abscess.
A 63-year-old man with diabetes presented with a twoday history of fever and left flank pain. A physical examination revealed hypotension, tachycardia and left lower abdominal tenderness. Laboratory tests showed leukocytosis with bandemia and metabolic acidosis. A plain abdominal film showed an outpouching left psoas shadow (Picture 1, arrows). Contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.8530