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Infections > Suppuration > Abscess > Psoas Abscess
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Preferred term

Psoas Abscess  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Abscesses, Iliopsoas
  • Abscesses, Pyogenic Iliopsoas
  • Abscess, Iliopsoas
  • Abscess, Psoas
  • Abscess, Pyogenic Iliopsoas
  • Iliopsoas Abscess
  • Iliopsoas Abscesses
  • Iliopsoas Abscesses, Pyogenic
  • Iliopsoas Abscess, Pyogenic
  • Pyogenic Iliopsoas Abscess
  • Pyogenic Iliopsoas Abscesses

Note

  • for coord read note on ABSCESS

Scope note

  • Abscess of the PSOAS MUSCLES resulting usually from disease of the lumbar vertebrae, with the pus descending into the muscle sheath. The infection is most commonly tuberculous or staphylococcal.

History note

  • 92

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016659

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