Nejat ALTINTAŞ, Yasemin YILMAZ, Muzaffer SARIAYDIN, Nurşen YAŞAYANCAN, Suna TÜRKELİ

A rare case of tuberculosis psoas abscess

Tüberküloz mikobakterilerin çeşitli alt tipleri tarafından oluşturulan sık görülen bir enfeksiyon hastalığıdır. İnsanlarda genelde mycobacterium tuberculosis alt tipi hastalık yapar. Vertabral tüberküloz (pott hastalığı) iskelet sistemi tüberkülozunun en sık görülen formudur. Komşuluk yolu ile psoas apsesine neden olabilir. Bu olgu sunumunda kronik sırt ağrısı zemininde akut sırt ağrısı ve kronik yorgunluk şikayeti ile başvuran, tüberküloz spondilit ve psoas absesi teşhisi konularak cerrahi drenaj ve beraberinde tüberküloz tedavisi başlanan bir kadın hastayı sunuyoruz.

Nadir psoas tüberkuloz apse vakası

Tuberculosis (TB) is a common infectious disease, caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis in human. Vertebral TB (pott s disease) is the most common form of skeletal TB which may give rise to psaoas abscess because of close vicinity. We present a case of a woman who presented to our university hospital with a history of acute on chronic back pain and chronic fatigue. She was subsequently diagnosed with tuberculosis spondylitis (Pott s disease) and Psoas abscess. Surgical drainage with adjuvant anti-tuberculosis therapy was carried out.

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