Primary pyomyositis of the paraspinal muscles: a case report and literature review.
case_report · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 17932692.
- Also identified by PMC identifier 2525891.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
A case of non-tropical pyomyositis in a healthy, adolescent, 13-year-old boy, affecting the paraspinal muscles is presented. Computerised axial tomography scan (CT scan) of the spine provided valuable information on the nature, extent of the disease and helped to plan successful surgical management. None of the reported cases of such severity of paraspinal pyomyositis had involvement of quadratus lumborum muscle or compression on retroperitoneal organ as in our case.
Medical subject headings
- Back
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Pyomyositis
- Staphylococcal Infections
Anatomy
- lumbar spine