The challenge of diagnosing psoas abscess

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 156-159

  Yin, Hsin Pei ^a   Tsai, Yun An ^b   Liao, Su Fen ^c   Lin, Pei Hisn ^b   Chuang, Tien Yow ^b  

^a Chutung Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abscess; Fever of unknown origin (FUO); Inflammatory gallium scan; Psoas

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFMETAZOLE; GALLIUM; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BONE INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSOAS ABSCESS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SCINTISCANNING; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSOAS ABSCESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2542433062     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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