Sterile epidural and bilateral psoas abscesses in a patient with Crohn's disease. 1994

R D Lamport, and L J Cheskin, and S A Moscatello, and P Nikoomanesh
Division of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.

Crohn's disease primarily affects the distal gastrointestinal tract, yet it is a systemic disease that can involve nearly any organ. A psoas abscess complicating Crohn's disease is uncommon and usually originates from a fistulous communication with an adherent bowel. Spinal epidural abscess, an extremely rare complication, also appears to arise by fistulization from another organ involved with Crohn's disease. Previous reports indicate that abscesses in these two areas usually contain bacterial organisms, often mixed flora, consistent with seeding from a diseased bowel. This report represents the first case of Crohn's disease complicated by both bilateral sterile psoas abscesses and a coexistent sterile epidural abscess without evidence of a fistulous communication from the bowel. We report this case because psoas and epidural abscesses can present without typical signs and symptoms. Once suspected, aggressive diagnostic workup and definitive operative intervention is indicated. Failure to promptly diagnose and treat these abscesses may result in considerable morbidity.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D003424 Crohn Disease A chronic transmural inflammation that may involve any part of the DIGESTIVE TRACT from MOUTH to ANUS, mostly found in the ILEUM, the CECUM, and the COLON. In Crohn disease, the inflammation, extending through the intestinal wall from the MUCOSA to the serosa, is characteristically asymmetric and segmental. Epithelioid GRANULOMAS may be seen in some patients. Colitis, Granulomatous,Enteritis, Granulomatous,Enteritis, Regional,Ileitis, Regional,Ileitis, Terminal,Ileocolitis,Crohn's Disease,Crohn's Enteritis,Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1,Regional Enteritis,Crohns Disease,Granulomatous Colitis,Granulomatous Enteritis,Regional Ileitides,Regional Ileitis,Terminal Ileitis
D004824 Epidural Space Space between the dura mater and the walls of the vertebral canal. Epidural Spaces,Space, Epidural,Spaces, Epidural
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D013122 Spinal Diseases Diseases involving the SPINE. Disease, Spinal,Diseases, Spinal,Spinal Disease
D016659 Psoas Abscess Abscess of the PSOAS MUSCLES resulting usually from disease of the lumbar vertebrae, with the pus descending into the muscle sheath. The infection is most commonly tuberculous or staphylococcal. Abscess, Psoas,Iliopsoas Abscess,Pyogenic Iliopsoas Abscess,Abscess, Iliopsoas,Abscess, Pyogenic Iliopsoas,Abscesses, Iliopsoas,Abscesses, Psoas,Abscesses, Pyogenic Iliopsoas,Iliopsoas Abscess, Pyogenic,Iliopsoas Abscesses,Iliopsoas Abscesses, Pyogenic,Psoas Abscesses,Pyogenic Iliopsoas Abscesses

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