Praveen Bhatia

Praveen Bhatia

Affiliations: Dept of Respiratory Medicine Blackpool Victoria Hospital Whinney Heys Road Blackpool, Lancashire FY3 8NR

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An unusual cause of psoas abscess

Abstract

This case study reports an uncommon cause of psoas abscess, a complication of pancreatic pseudocyst in a 75 years old man. A few other causes of psoas abscess and some complications of pancreatic pseudocyst are touched upon in this report,and management options in the treatment of pancreatic pseudocysts have been enumerated.

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Pneumonia is not always what it seems

A 33 year old, previously healthy woman was referred to hospital with a 3 month history of cough, 6kg weight loss, dyspnoea and night sweats. She described intermittent expectoration of purulent sputum without haemoptysis. There was no history of recent travel outside UK or contact with tuberculosis. Her general practitioner had treated her with course of amoxycillin followed by ciprofloxacin with no relief.

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