Neonatal iliopsoas abscess presenting with transient cyanosis of a single extremity: a case report and review of the literature

Mustafa Şenol Akın; Damla Ağaçkıran; Emre Ünal; Özlem Özkale Yavuz; Şule Yiğit

doi:10.24953/turkjped.2020.01.025

Case Report

Turk J Pediatr 2020; 62(1): 160-164.

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Neonatal iliopsoas abscess presenting with transient cyanosis of a single extremity: a case report and review of the literature

Authors

Mustafa Şenol Akın

Damla Ağaçkıran

Emre Ünal

Özlem Özkale Yavuz

Şule Yiğit

Affiliations

Turk J Pediatr 2020; 62(1): 160-164. DOI: 10.24953/turkjped.2020.01.025

Published: February 25, 2020

Abstract

A newborn baby with an unusual complaint of transient left leg cyanosis during crying, who was diagnosed with a iliopsoas abscess is presented. Newborn cases diagnosed with an iliopsoas abscess in the English literature are summarized and differences in clinical presentations are discussed.

Keywords: iliopsoas abscess, newborn, transient single extremity cyanosis

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Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to cite

Akın MŞ, Ağaçkıran D, Ünal E, Yavuz ÖÖ, Yiğit Ş. Neonatal iliopsoas abscess presenting with transient cyanosis of a single extremity: a case report and review of the literature. Turk J Pediatr 2020; 62: 160-164. https://doi.org/10.24953/turkjped.2020.01.025