A Rare Case of Perforated Descending Colon Cancer Complicated with a Fistula and Abscess of Left Iliopsoas and Ipsilateral Obturator Muscle

Table 4

Summary of some cases of colon cancer complicated with psoas abscess reported between 1990 and 2013.

Case	Age/sex	Pathogen	Antibiotic	Cancer location	Management	Outcome	Reference
1	85/F	Streptococcus,  Prevotella buccae,   and  Bacteroides	IV fosfomycin	Right	LDOA	Recovery	Okita et al. [22]
2	27/F	E. coli	IV 2nd and 3rd generation cephalosporin and metronidazole	Left	PD	Recovery	Lee et al. [23]
3	67/M	E. coli  and   anaerobic bacteria	IV carbapenem	Left	PD then LDOA	Recovery	Takakura et al. [24]
4	44/M	Streptococcus agalactiae   and  Streptococcus anginosus	IV ciprofloxacin and metronidazole then IV 3rd generation cephalosporin and metronidazole	Left	Left hemicolectomy and drainage of abscess	Recovery	Yang et al. [25]
5	57/M	Salmonella  group   B,   Bacteroides caccae,; Bacteroides fragilis,; and  Peptostreptococcus indolicus	IV ampicillin and sulbactam	Bilateral	Bilateral PD	Recovery	Lo et al. [26]
6	76/F	E. coli  and  Proteus penneri	IV imipenem	Right	PD then laparotomy with right hemicolectomy	Recovery	Tsukuda et al. [27]
Our case	67/M	E. coli  and  Citrobacter braakii	Piperacillin/tazobactam + metronidazole	Left	Laparotomy with left hemicolectomy and drainage of abscess	Recovery

IV: intravenous; PD: percutaneous drainage; LDOA: laparotomy with drainage of the abscess.