Peigne V, Diakhate I, Mbengue B, Diouf I, Bellefleur J P
Service d'accueil des urgences, hôpital Principal de Dakar, 1, avenue Mandela, BP 3006, Dakar, Sénégal.
Med Mal Infect. 2006 Feb;36(2):115-7. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2005.11.010. Epub 2006 Feb 3.
The authors report a case of emphysematous psoas abscess. The patient, a 55 year-old man, was insulinorequerant diabetic. He presented with abdominal pain and diabetic ketoacidosis. The diagnosis was made by CT-scan. No portal of entry was found. The evolution was fatal before surgery in spite of probabilistic antibiotherapy.