Gluteal Abscess: Diagnostic challenges and management
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https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.485Keywords:
Gluteal abscess, Tuberculosis, Lumbar spine, Percutaneous aspiration.Abstract
Gluteal abscess is a well-documented presentation of a caries spine and other local bony foci of tuberculosis. Still, during a PUBMED data search, only one report of vertebral tuberculosis presenting only as a gluteal abscess in adults was found in English medical literature. The current article describes a case of tuberculosis of the lumbar spine with gluteal abscess as the only clinical feature, in an immunocompetent young adult.
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2010-05-09
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Puthezhath K, Zacharia B, Mathew TP (2010) Gluteal Abscess: Diagnostic challenges and management. J Infect Dev Ctries 4:345–348. doi: 10.3855/jidc.485
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