Primary Pyomyositis: A rare cause of Painful leg in a diabetics?
| Autor: | Shah Naveed, Tanveer Hassan Banday, Sadaf Bashir, Irfan Wani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences. 13:44-46 |
| ISSN: | 2279-0853 2279-0861 |
| DOI: | 10.9790/0853-13114446 |
| Popis: | Pyomyositis an acute/subacute, destructive, and suppurative bacterial infection of skeletal muscle. Pyomyositis is not secondary to a contiguous infection from other areas, such as the skin, bone, or soft tissue. Common intropical climates, pyomyositis accounts for four percent of all surgical admissions in some tropical countries. Most patients with this process have underlying immune compromised like(diabetes ,HIVetc) ,but may also affects healthy young individuals (1,2). Most patients present with tender indurated muscle swelling that ultimately progresses to involve the overlying tissue. Muscles of the pelvic area and lower extremities are most commonly affected. An abscess of the thigh, quadriceps, and iliopsoas muscles are relatively common, but both the upperand lower body may be affected (3). . A delay in diagnosis may result in compartmentsyndrome, sepsis, and death. The long-term sequelae of pyomyositis includeosteomyelitis of adjacent bones, myonecrosis ,muscle scarring, prolonged hospitalization and significant functional impairment (4). Keywords; pyomyositis, diabeties , leg pain. |
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