Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
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Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
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Abscesso do músculo psoas em paciente submetida à analgesia por via peridural: relato de caso

Psoas muscle abscess after epidural analgesia: case report

Durval Campos Kraychete; Anita Perpétua Carvalho Rocha; Pedro Augusto Costa Rebouças de Castro

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-70942007000200009 Braz J Anesthesiol, vol.57, n2, p.195-198, 2007
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JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: O abscesso do músculo psoas é uma complicação rara da analgesia peridural. O manuseio adequado dessa intercorrência é fundamental para uma boa resolução do quadro clínico. O objetivo deste relato foi discutir o diagnóstico e o tratamento do abscesso do músculo psoas. RELATO DO CASO: Paciente do sexo feminino, 65 anos, com dor neuropática nos membros inferiores de difícil controle com medicamentos por via sistêmica. Optou-se pela administração de opióide e anestésico local por via peridural como alternativa analgésica. Vinte dias após o uso contínuo da via peridural, a paciente começou a apresentar dor na região lombar, cefaléia e febre. A tomografia computadorizada da pelve revelou abscesso do músculo psoas, sendo indicada drenagem fechada e antibioticoterapia. CONCLUSÕES: A supervisão minuciosa do paciente é necessária e deve ser contínua quando um cateter peridural for colocado. Essa vigilância deve ser mantida após a sua retirada.

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COMPLICAÇÕES, DOR, Crônica

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Psoas muscle abscess is a rare complication of epidural analgesia. The adequate approach to this complication is fundamental for a good resolution. The objective of this report was to discuss the diagnosis and treatment of psoas muscle abscess. CASE REPORT: A female patient, 65 years old, with neuropathic pain in the lower limbs, difficult to control with systemic drugs. The patient was treated with epidural opioid and local anesthetic as an alternate treatment. Twenty days after the continuous epidural administration, the patient complained of lumbar pain, headache, and fever. A CT scan of the pelvis showed an abscess of the psoas muscle, thus, closed drainage and antibiotics were indicated. CONCLUSIONS: An adequate, continuous supervision of the patient is necessary when an epidural catheter is placed, and it should continue after its removal.

Keywords

COMPLICATIONS, PAIN, Chronic

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