A rare cause of flank mass: Tuberculous psoas abscess

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 985-986

  Tekaya, Rawdha ^a   Souabni, Leila ^a   Chiraz, Ben Hadj Yahia ^a   Abdelmoula, Leila ^a   Chaabouni, Lilia ^a   Zouari, Rafik ^a  

^a CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Abscess; Magnetic resonance imaging; Psoas

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FLANK PAIN; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSOAS ABSCESS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; MICROBIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; PSOAS ABSCESS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 45849136318     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0959     Document Type: Article

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