We report on a patient who developed persistent low back pain, pyrexia and neurological deficit soon after she underwent a laparotomy under combined general and epidural anaesthesia. The diagnosis of lumbar vertebral osteomyelitis, discitis, epidural and psoas abscesses was made one month later when she was referred to our institution. The patient was successfully treated with posterior decompr...

Urinary obstruction of the transplanted kidney caused by uterine leiomyoma is an extremely rare condition. To the best of our knowledge, there are only two reports in English literature. Psoas abscess secondary to renal graft pyelonephritis is also uncommon. We present this unusual case and its treatment course. A 43-year-old female presented with renal dysfunction. She was started on peritonea...

Infectious diseases usually affect the sacroiliac joint unilaterally. Out of all tuberculosis cases, bone is reported in 3-5% cases. The purpose this case report to draw attention diagnostic challenge bilateral tuberculous sacroiliitis with psoas abscess, as clinical picture very rare. Tuberculosis often missed due vague symptoms. More often, patients are examined supine position, thereby overl...

INTRODUCTION Tuberculous psoas abscess was usually associated to complicate Pott's disease, but it can also be secondary to direct extension from other adjacent structures or haematogenous spread from an occult source. However, the occurrence of this entity as the presenting manifestation of tuberculosis, without evidence of active infection elsewhere, has been seldom reported. CASE PRESENTAT...

Dear Editor, Obstructive calculous disease of the kidney often results in infectious complications such as pyelonephritis and perinephric abscesses. Renojejunal fi stula formation may occur as the infl ammation becomes chronic. We report one such case and review 4 other cases reported in the literature. A 55-year-old Malay gentleman presented with left-sided pyonephrosis with a concomitant psoa...

Psoas9 and epidural spinal abscesses2, 6 have been described as relatively rare conditions. The incidence of epidural spinal abscess, however, has doubled in the recent two decades, reaching 1 in 10000 hospital admissions8. Early diagnosis and management of these two pathologies, especially when presenting with insidious and vague symptoms, require a high degree of suspicion. In this case, unus...

There are isolated case reports of Trichinella spiralis infestation in animals from India. We report the first case in man from India. The nematode was discovered incidentally during drainage of psoas abscess.