Infected Aortitis, Psoas Muscle Abscess and Infectious Spondylitis.

A 58-year-old man with a history of type 2 di-abetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and coronary artery disease status post percutaneous coronary inter-vention, presented with low back pain for 1 week and fever for 2 days. He denied recent trauma, stool, or urinary incontinence or hematuria. Physical examina-tion revealed no abdominal tenderness, muscle guard-ing, or rebounding pain. The straight leg raising test was negative. Laboratory results showed leukocytosis (white blood cell count: 15,990/uL) and elevation of C-reactive protein (20.95 mg/dL). Urine analysis showed no remarkable finding. In order to evaluate the possible source of intra-abdominal infection, con-trast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT) Infected aortitis complicated with psoas muscle abscess and infectious spondylitis