TY - JOUR
T1 - Successful percutaneous drainage of gluteal pyomyositis occurring after intra-arterial chemotherapy and pelvic irradiation
AU - Segreti, Eileen M.
AU - Munkarah, Adnan
AU - Levenback, Charles
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1994/6
Y1 - 1994/6
N2 - Pyomyositis, an unusual infection of large skeletal muscles, developed in a woman with a history of bulky stage IIIB cervical cancer. Three years prior, the woman had undergone aggressive neoadjuvant intra-arterial chemotherapy followed by pelvic irradiation. The overwhelming majority of pyomyositis cases is caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Group B β-hemolytic streptococcus, an organism that rarely causes this infection, was isolated in this case. Although surgical drainage is the most common approach, successful percutaneous drainage was accomplished. Pyomyositis has only recently been reported in nontropical climates. The presentation, diagnosis, risk factors, and management of pyomyositis are discussed.
AB - Pyomyositis, an unusual infection of large skeletal muscles, developed in a woman with a history of bulky stage IIIB cervical cancer. Three years prior, the woman had undergone aggressive neoadjuvant intra-arterial chemotherapy followed by pelvic irradiation. The overwhelming majority of pyomyositis cases is caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Group B β-hemolytic streptococcus, an organism that rarely causes this infection, was isolated in this case. Although surgical drainage is the most common approach, successful percutaneous drainage was accomplished. Pyomyositis has only recently been reported in nontropical climates. The presentation, diagnosis, risk factors, and management of pyomyositis are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1006/gyno.1994.1152
DO - 10.1006/gyno.1994.1152
M3 - Article
C2 - 8206415
AN - SCOPUS:0028242652
SN - 0090-8258
VL - 53
SP - 376
EP - 379
JO - Gynecologic oncology
JF - Gynecologic oncology
IS - 3
ER -