DELAYED EXTERIORIZATION IN GROIN OF A PSO AS ABSCESS AFTER AN ACUTE-PANCREATITIS

Two cases of psoas abscess complicating acute necrotising pancreatitis are reported These cases were particuliar because the abscesses exter iorized in the groin and symptoms were misleading. The abscesses were detected late, three and five months after the beginning of the pancre atitis respectively. The difficulties in diagnosis and the long delay to diagnosis are emphasized as possible sources of superinfection.