Ilio-psoas abscess in neonates
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Posterior Approach for Debridement of the Psoas Abscess
Published on: March 2, 2020
K A Edgar1, A E Schlesinger, R M Royster
1Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0252.
Pediatric Radiology
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
We report two cases of primary ilio-psoas abscess in neonates diagnosed by CT and sonography. Ilio-psoas abscess is extremely uncommon in this age group.
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