{"id":11532,"date":"2021-03-18T07:45:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T07:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/?p=11532"},"modified":"2021-03-18T07:45:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T07:45:59","slug":"case-report-potts-disease-with-extensive-bilateral-psoas-abscesses-in-a-nigerian-woman-an-unusual-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/?p=11532","title":{"rendered":"Case Report: Pott\u2019s disease with extensive bilateral psoas abscesses in a Nigerian woman: an unusual case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Nneka Iloanusi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Department of Radiation Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Ituku\/Ozalla Campus, Enugu, Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords:\u00a0<\/strong>Pott\u2019s disease, psoas abscess, tuberculosis, ultrasound-guided surgery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Bilateral psoas abscesses are uncommon in Pott\u2019s disease. We describe a 28-year-old Nigerian woman with a 2-year history of constitutional symptoms and a 1-year history of bilateral paravertebral masses. She had received anti-tuberculosis (TB) treatment in an interrupted manner. A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed T10\u2013T12 spondylitis, wedge collapse and extensive bilateral psoas abscesses. Histology of the abscess wall was definitively diagnosed as soft tissue TB, and special staining for acid-fast bacilli was positive. She was successfully treated with anti-TB therapy and ultrasound-guided surgical drainage of 6 L of abscess fluid. Complicated cases of Pott\u2019s disease may require multi-disciplinary interventions for optimal outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Journal Identifiers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>eISSN: 1995-7262<br>print ISSN: 1995-7262<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/201130-Article-Text-504335-1-10-20201030.pdf\">Download PDF<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nneka Iloanusi Department of Radiation Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Ituku\/Ozalla Campus, Enugu, Nigeria Keywords:\u00a0Pott\u2019s disease, psoas abscess, tuberculosis, ultrasound-guided surgery Abstract Bilateral psoas abscesses are uncommon in Pott\u2019s disease. We describe a 28-year-old Nigerian woman with a 2-year history of constitutional symptoms and a 1-year history of bilateral paravertebral masses. She [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11534,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11532\/revisions\/11534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}