Table 1 Summary of literature showing cases of psoas abscess in metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of cervix
Authors | Age | FIGO Stage of SCC | Symptoms at presentation at hospital | Primary diagnosis | Diagnostic tools in order of application | Initial Treatment of cervical cancer | Treatment for metastases/abscess | Microbiology of psoas abscess | Complication of metastases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singh et al. [11] | 24 | IIIB | Vaginal discharge, abdominal pain | Tuboovarian abscess, pelvic inflammatory disease and AIDS | CT, FNAC | Patient refused radiation | No specific | Sterile | None |
George, Lai [14] | 60 | IIB | Left flank mass, backpain | Metastatic renal cell carcinoma | Lumbar X-ray, ultrasound, MRI, CT-guided FNAC | radiotherapy | Surgical drainage | Sterile | Left kidney loss of function, vertebral infiltration L1-L3 |
Bar-Dayan et al. [20] | 50 | NA | NA | NA | CT-guided FNAC | chemotherapy | Intralesional chemotherapy | NA | Iliac bone distruction |
Lüring et al. [18] | 36 | NA | Back pain | Pregnancy associated back pain | Ultrasound, MRI, sonogrpahy guided drainage and cytology | chemotherapy | Sonography guided drainage | Sterile | Iliac bone and nerve infiltration |
Kalra et al. [12] | 60 | IIB | Back pain | Tuberculoid psoas absces | CT, MRI, CT-guided biopsy | Radiochemotherapy | Radiotherapy after histological finding | Sterile | Vertebral infiltration |
Basu, Mahajan [19] | 52 | IIIB | Thigh pain | NA | FDG-PET/CT, MRI, FNAC | Radiochemotherapy | Radiochemotherapy | NA | None |
Askin et al. [8] | 54 | NA | Hip pain, fever | Psoas abscess | CT | Radiochemotherapy | Piperacillin/Metronidazole, resection of abscess, ureter and sigmoid colon | Bloodculture sterile | Ureter and sigmoid colon infiltration |