Huge Gluteal Abscess following Intra-muscular Drug Injection.pdf

Huge Gluteal Abscess following Intra-muscular Drug Injection.

1. نمحرلا الله مسبميحرلا
Huge Gluteal Abscess
following Intra-muscular
Drug Injection
Prof. Abdulsalam Y Taha
College of Medicine
University of Sulaimani
2022
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2. MRI of a huge gluteal abscess in a 45-years old
man following an intra-muscular drug injection
3 months earlier.
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4. Comments
Intramuscular(IM)injectionsareaminor
outpatientprocedureinanyhealthcare
institutionworldwide.TheIMrouteisavaluable
modeofmedicationadministration,utilized
whenrequiringarelativelyquickuptakeof
medicationwithareasonablyprolongedaction.
Eventhoughtheprocedureappearstobeminor,
rarelyitcanresultinmajorcomplicationslike
abscesses,bacteremiaandgeneralizedsepsis
thatcanleadtomulti-organfailure[1].
Abscessformationfollowingintramuscular
injectionsisrareandtheyaremostcommonly
seeninimmunocompromisedindividuals[1].
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5. Bibliography
[1]SambandamSN,RohinikumarGJ,
GulA,MounasamyV.Intramuscular
InjectionAbscessDuetoVRSA:A
NewHealthCareChallenge.Arch
BoneJtSurg.2016Jun;4(3):277-81.
PMID: 27517077; PMCID:
PMC4969378.
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