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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1966;48:867-877.
© 1966 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Non-Spinal Pyogenic Psoas Abscess

S. F. LAM F.R.C.S.(ENG. AND EDIN.)1 and A. R. HODGSON F.R.C.S.(EDIN.)1

1 From the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary Hospitals, Hong Kong

1. Attention is drawn to primary isolated abscess in the psoas sheath as a definite clinical entity.

2. Details of twenty-four cases are reported.

3. The organism in the majority of patients was coagulase positive Staphylococcus pyogenes.

4. In all but one patient there was a prompt response to incision and drainage of the pus supplemented by appropriate antibiotic therapy.


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