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Typhlitis as a rare cause of a psoas abscess ABDOMINAL IMAGING Gayer, G., Apter, S., Zissin, R. 2002; 27 (5): 600-602

Abstract

Typhlitis is a life-threatening necrotizing process of the cecum associated with leukemia patients who have undergone chemotherapy. We present a rare complication of typhlitis in a boy with leukemia, in whom a right psoas abscess developed secondary to the inflammatory process of the cecum, with an emphasis on the computed tomographic findings of this severe and potentially life-threatening complication. Typhlitis should be added to conditions of the gastrointestinal tract that cause a psoas abscess such as Crohn's disease, diverticulitis, appendicitis, colorectal carcinoma, and appendiceal tumor.

View details for DOI 10.1007/s00261-001-0082-z

View details for Web of Science ID 000177561500021

View details for PubMedID 12173006