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SAGE Publications, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 3(39), p. 287-292

DOI: 10.1177/153857440503900311

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Antalgic Flexion of the Lower Limb: An Unusual Presentation of Aortoiliac Infection with Psoas Muscle Abscess

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Abstract

Psoas abscess with aortoiliac infection is rare. Patients are often symptomatic for a long time before the correct diagnosis is made. The authors report 4 cases in which the presenting symptom was an antalgic flexion of the left thigh. In 2 patients the cause was an aortic graft infection with enteric fistula; in the other 2, infection developed after transfemoral endovascular procedures. Open surgical treatment was performed in 3 cases and percutaneous drainage in 1. One surgical patient with a late diagnosis eventually died of sepsis; the other 3 are alive and well at mean follow-up of 14 months.