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Amoebic psoas and liver abscesses.

C O'Leary¹, R Finch

¹Department of Microbial Diseases, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK.

Postgraduate Medical Journal

|December 1, 1992

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A rare case of amoebic psoas and liver abscesses is presented in a young woman with a history of Campylobacter infection. This is the first reported instance of an amoebic psoas abscess in the last two decades.

Area of Science:

Infectious Diseases
Tropical Medicine
Medical Parasitology

Background:

Amoebiasis, typically caused by Entamoeba histolytica, commonly leads to liver abscesses.
Psoas abscesses are usually bacterial, with rare parasitic origins reported.

Observation:

A 28-year-old woman with a history of dysentery and Campylobacter infection developed both psoas and liver abscesses.
Diagnostic imaging confirmed the presence of multiple abscesses.

Findings:

Microscopic and/or molecular analysis confirmed the amoebic etiology of both abscesses.
A comprehensive literature review revealed no prior documented cases of amoebic psoas abscess in the past 20 years.

Implications:

This case expands the known clinical spectrum of amoebiasis.

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