A case of muscle abscess presenting to an accident and emergency department.
Open Access
- 1 May 1997
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Emergency Medicine Journal
- Vol. 14 (3) , 180-182
- https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.14.3.180
Abstract
A case is reported of a patient with acute primary muscle abscess who presented to the accident and emergency department with hip pain. Pyomyositis must be considered as a cause of muscle pain especially around the hip. A brief discussion of the diagnosis and management of pyomyositis is also presented.Keywords
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