Abscess/etiology* ; Humans ; Myocardial Infarction/complications*

Pylephlebitis usually occurs secondary to infection in the region drained by the portal venous system. A most common antesecent focus of infection is diverticulitis and the most common blood isolate is E. coli (54%), followed by Proteus mirabilis (23%). Overall mortality is 32% and most of the patients who had died had severe sepsis prior to the initiation of antibiotic therapy. We describe a case of pylephlebitis which had appendicitis and consequent septic thrombosis of the portal vein and its branches, with dissemination of infection to the liver. The patient had recovered due to timely antibiotic treatment alone and resulted in complete resolution. Early diagnosis and treatment are basic to a favorable clinical course.
Adult ; Appendicitis/complications* ; Case Report ; Human ; Liver Abscess/etiology ; Male ; Portal Vein* ; Sepsis/etiology ; Thrombophlebitis/etiology*

Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Ranula ; Retropharyngeal Abscess ; etiology ; Thyroglossal Cyst

Abscess ; etiology ; Epididymitis ; complications ; Genital Diseases, Male ; etiology ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Scrotum ; pathology

Abscess ; etiology ; surgery ; Drainage ; methods ; Endoscopy ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nose ; surgery ; Orbital Diseases ; etiology ; surgery

Spontaneous rupture of colon cancer, combined with psoas abscess formation, is rare. A 44-year-old male visited for back pain and left buttock mass. Abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance image revealed a large abscess in the left psoas muscle and in the left lower quadrant area. Ten days after incision and drainage, a skin defect around the left anterior superior iliac spine remained. A local flap was performed using a superficial skin graft. Ten days after the stitches had been removed, fecal discharge was observed around the anterior superior iliac spine at the flap site. An operation was performed by a general surgeon who had diagnosed this as a case of enterocutaneous fistula. Operative findings included a ruptured tumor mass in the descending colon, which was connected to a retroperitoneal abscess. Pathologic report findings determined adenocarcinoma of the resected colon. Herein, we report a case of psoas abscess resulting from perforating colon cancer.
Adult ; Colonic Neoplasms/*complications ; Humans ; Male ; Psoas Abscess/*etiology ; Rupture, Spontaneous/complications ; Streptococcal Infections/*etiology

Abscess ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Tracheal Diseases ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Tracheostomy ; adverse effects

Asphyxia ; etiology ; therapy ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retropharyngeal Abscess ; complications ; therapy ; Subphrenic Abscess ; complications ; therapy ; Treatment Outcome

Animals ; Brain Abscess ; etiology ; Encephalitis ; etiology ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Leukomalacia, Periventricular ; etiology ; Multiple Sclerosis ; etiology ; Nervous System Diseases ; etiology ; Signal Transduction ; Toll-Like Receptors ; chemistry ; physiology

Humans ; Intestinal Fistula ; etiology ; Jejunal Diseases ; etiology ; Kidney Diseases ; etiology ; Kidney Pelvis ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Psoas Abscess ; complications ; Urinary Fistula ; etiology