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Atypical back pain in a child: Subcutaneous lumbar abscess associated with chickenpox

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Geoff Lawson, Dr Lisa Tourret

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Abstract

Copyright © 2017 Annals of Pediatric Surgery. Back pain in children has numerous possible causes. Although chickenpox is an extremely common and contagious condition in the paediatric population, it can be associated with potentially life-threatening musculoskeletal complications. We discuss the extremely unusual case of a child with an extensive subcutaneous lumbar abcess who presented with severe back pain associated with active chickenpox infection.

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Author(s): King ICC, Lawson G, Tourret L

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Annals of Pediatric Surgery

Year: 2017

Volume: 13

Issue: 1

Pages: 62-64

Print publication date: 01/01/2017

Acceptance date: 02/04/2016

ISSN (print): 1687-4137

ISSN (electronic): 2090-5394

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

URL: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.XPS.0000489146.09928.13

DOI: 10.1097/01.XPS.0000489146.09928.13

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