ESCAPED FAECALITH CAUSING A PERSISTENT PSOAS ABSCESS

Authors
OHANLON DM HORGAN PG QUILL DS
Citation
Dm. Ohanlon et al., ESCAPED FAECALITH CAUSING A PERSISTENT PSOAS ABSCESS, Irish medical journal, 89(6), 1996, pp. 232-232
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Irish medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
03323102
Volume
89
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
232 - 232
Database
ISI
SICI code
0332-3102(1996)89:6<232:EFCAPP>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Faecaliths have been widely implicated in the aetiology of acute appen dicitis. According to Shaw(1), stones are formed in the appendix with greater frequency than in either the gall bladder or the urinary tract . In spite of this, faecaliths appear to cause few complications outsi de the appendix(2). We report an unusual complication resulting from a n escaped appendiceal faecalith.