• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제29권8호
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• pp.1074-1079
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• 2000

We report a case of pyogenic spondylitis on L2 and L3 with diffuse epidural abscess up to T4 to L3 and large psoas abscess. A forty-nine-year old male was presented with progressive back pain, left flank pain and ab-dominal distention, weakness of the both legs and voiding and defecation difficulty during last 2 months. Initially multiple coronal hemilaminectomies from T4 to T12 were done for the treatment of diffuse thoracic epidural ab-scess. Then second operation via left retroperitoneal approach was performed for lumbar spondylitis and psoas abscess on third day after initial operation. After removal and curettage of pyogenic psoas and epidural abscess and spondylitis (L2-L3), iliac bone grafting with Keneda instrumentation from L1 to L4 was done simultaneously. Postoperative course has been unevenful without recurrent infection. The literature on diffuse epidural and large psoas abscess with pyogenic spondylitis are reviewed and instrumentation for stabilization of pyogenic spondylitis is also discussed.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제65권6호
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• pp.517-521
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• 2008

저자들은 항결핵 치료 6개월 후 척추 결핵의 동반없는, 결핵성 림프절염에 의해 이차적으로 발생한 양측성 다발성 결핵성 요근 농양 환자 1예를 경험하였다. 환자는 한차례의 수술적 절개 및 배액술 그리고 여섯 차례의 경피적배액술과 2년간의 약물치료를 통해 완치되었고 이후 재발은 없어 이에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한정형외과 초음파학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.36-40
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• 2012

요근 농양은 전통적으로는 수술적 배농술이 많이 시도되고 있으나 초음파 유도하 경피적 천자술이 효과적인 치료방법이 될 수 있다. 그러나 아직까지 초음파를 이용한 천자술의 유용성에 대해서는 잘 확립되어 있지 않다. 저자들은 진균성 요근 농양을 초음파 유도하 경피적 천자술로 치유하였던 증례를 경험하였기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하고자 한다. 배농은 초음파 영상 하에서 침 천자술로써, 시술로 인한 합병증의 발생 없이 시행하였다. 배농 후 배양에서 Candida Albicans가 동정되었으며 두 번의 천자술과 적절한 항진균제 치료로써 성공적으로 치유할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.443-446
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• 2015

A 36-year-old man, who had undergone thoracoscopic anterior spinal fusion using the plate system and posterior screw fusion three months previously, presented to our hospital with left flank pain and fever. Computed tomography indicated the presence of a psoas muscle abscess. However, after two days of percutaneous catheter drainage, a mycotic abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm was detected via computed tomography. We performed in situ revascularization using a prosthetic graft with omental wrapping. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was identified on blood and pus culture, and systemic vancomycin was administered for one month. Although the abscess recurred, it was successfully treated with percutaneous catheter drainage and systemic vancomycin administration for three months, without the need for instrumentation removal. The patient remained asymptomatic throughout two years of follow-up.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.570-573
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• 2006

대요근은 12번 흉추의 외연면에서 5번 요추까지의 외연면에 걸쳐 기시하여 대퇴골의 소전자에 부착되는 근육으로 고관절의 굴곡에 관여한다. 이는 후복막 기관으로 여러 혈관에서 풍부한 혈류 공급을 받으며, S자 결장, 공장, 충수 돌기, 요관, 대동맥, 신장, 췌장, 척추, 림프선 등 여러 장기와 인접하고 있어 감염의 호발 부위가 된다. 그러나, 요근 농양 발생시, 그 증상이 비특이적이고 건강한 소아에서 드물게 발병하는 이유로 고관절 질환으로 혼돈되기도 하여, 진단과 치료가 지연되는 예가 많다. 저자들은 평소 건강하던 14세 남아가 침대에서 떨어져 경한 우측 둔부 좌상을 입은 이후, 우측 둔부 통증과 발열 및 보행 불능을 호소하여 고관절 이상을 의심해 시행한 자기 공명 영상에서 우연히 우측 요근내 농양을 발견해 항생제 치료를 시행하였던 증례를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.74-77
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• 2007

The trigger point injection technique is widely used in pain clinics for the treatment of acute and chronic pain. Yet it has a variety of complications such asvasovagal syncope, total spinal anesthesia, paralysis, root block, pneumothorax, needle breakage, skin infection, and hematoma formation. Among them, the simultaneous occurrence of psoas and epidural abscesses is extremely rare. We report here on a patient who was diagnosed with epidural and psoas abscesses after paravertebral trigger point injection.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.270-273
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• 2010

Acupuncture has been widely used in alternative medicine for pain relief but may have many complications due to lack of appropriate cares. Pharmacopuncture is a sort of acupuncture that injects a herbal ingredient through a thin tube for the purpose of combining the effects of the herb and acupuncture and it has many pitfalls. The agents, used in pharmacopuncture are not refined for a desired effect and not produced by sterile standard processes under strict medical surveillance. We, report a case of a 44-yr-old male patient who had multiple abscesses in the psoas region with fever, right low back and hip pain that began after the pharmacopuncture treatment. This case shows that although pharmacopuncture has been practiced widely, it is important that the appropriate aseptic technique should be used to prevent severe infections and other complications.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.150-155
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• 2013

Tuberculous Iliopsoas muscle abscess is a rare manifestation in patient with extrapulmonary tuberculosis and hardly observed in developed country. Paradoxical response to anti-tuberculous medication could make difficult therapeutic decision to clinicians. The authors report a case of tuberculous iliopsoas muscle abscess with multiple intraabdominal and thoracic abscesses in 9 year-old-boy who presented paradoxical response to anti-tuberculous treatment.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.586-589
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• 2016

A pressure sore wound is often extensive or complicated by local infection involving adjacent soft tissue and bone. In this case, a regional flap after simple debridement is not adequate. Here, we present a case of an extensive pressure sore in the sacral area with deep tissue infection. A 43-year-old female patient with a complicated sore with deep tissue infection had a presacral abscess, an iliopsoas abscess, and an epidural abscess in the lumbar spine. After a multidisciplinary approach performed in stages, the infection had subsided and removal of the devitalized tissue was possible. The large soft tissue defect with significant depth was reconstructed with a free latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap, which was expected to act as a local barrier from vertical infection and provide tensionless skin coverage upon hip flexion. The extensive sacral sore was treated effectively without complication, and the deep tissue infection completely resolved. There was no evidence of donor site morbidity, and wheelchair ambulation was possible by a month after surgery.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.235-238
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• 2010

We present a case of tuberculous spondylitis in which diagnosis was masked by a concomitant pyogenic infection. The patient had undergone percutaneous needle aspiration of an abscess in the cavity of the psoas muscle. Early results from the culture regimen showed isolation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. After eight weeks, mycobacterium tuberculosis was grown at regimen which was cultured at the same site. Initial isolation of pyogenic bacteria, considered to be highly virulent organisms, led to delayed diagnosis and treatment of the tuberculosis.