A rare cause of flank mass: Psoas abscess due to extensive primary thoracolumbar tuberculous spondylodiskitis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1735-1737

  Sanal, H T ^a   Kocaoglu, Murat ^a   Sehirlioglu, A ^a   Bulakbasi, N ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FLANK MASS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSOAS ABSCESS; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCITIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSOAS ABSCESS; PSOAS MUSCLES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748796134     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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