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Retroperitoneal abscess cured by percutaneous drainage with ultrasonography

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This report presents an unusual case of an extensive retroperitoneal abscess caused by appendicitis in a child. A 3-year-old boy who presented with right lower abdominal pain and a high fever was found, by abdominal ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT), to have a retroperitoneal abscess. Percutaneous drainage of the abscess under US guidance was successfully performed. There was no sign of recurrence of appendicitis or the abscess 12 months after the drainage.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Rinku General Medical Center, Izumisano Municipal Hospital, 2-23 Rinku-orai-kita, Izumisano, Osaka, 598-8577, Japan

    Yasuhiko Kubota, Toshikazu Ito, Yasuhiko Iiboshi & Masaaki Izukura

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Kubota, Y., Ito, T., Iiboshi, Y. et al. Retroperitoneal abscess cured by percutaneous drainage with ultrasonography. J Med Ultrasonics 37, 63–65 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-009-0251-1

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