Pyomyositis resulting in abscess in an infant and in osteomyelitis in a healthy teenager without fever case reports and literature review
| Autor: | Mubin Khan, Sebastian Camargo, Omer Nasiroglu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Pyomyositis Radiography lcsh:Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Abscess Right Thigh medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Osteomyelitis lcsh:RJ1-570 lcsh:Pediatrics Magnetic resonance imaging Sequela lcsh:RD1-811 Emergency department medicine.disease Surgery 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, Vol 65, Iss, Pp 101712-(2021) |
| ISSN: | 2213-5766 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.epsc.2020.101712 |
| Popis: | Pyomyositis is a bacterial infection of the skeletal muscle, when diagnosis is delayed it can result in major complications. Magnetic resonance imaging should be considered in case of unexplained extremity pain with abnormal inflammatory markers. A 5-month-old infant with right thigh swelling-pain for one day and a teenage with left thigh pain and swelling for 3 days without trauma presented to emergency department. Fever was denied in both cases. Both cases radiography were noncontributory but both had elevated C-reactive protein. Magnetic resonance imaging with gadolinium did confirm the diagnosis promptly. Both did recover without any sequela. In case of unexplained extremity pain-swelling, even without fever, if patient has elevated acute phase reactants Pyomyositis should be considered in order to diagnose and treat it timely to avoid major complications. |
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