Report of Four Cases and Literature Review of Psoas Abscess

Abstract Objective: To report four psoas abscess cases which we treated and review the challenges to the management of psoas abscess cases in Yaoundé in 2022. Method: Four patients who were diagnosed and treated with psoas abscess in our hospitals between 2021 and 2022 were evaluated retrospectively. Results: All the patients were discharged after an average of 14.5 days following surgical treatments, and parietal suppuration was noted in one who needed two attemps after initial failure of percutaneous drainage. Conclusion: Psoas abscesses are rare, we believe that the incidence of these cases is more frequent in recent years due to the improvements in radiological imaging methods and the fact that these tests are used more frequently by clinicians. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is not-longer the predominant Microorganism in psoas abscess. We think that for the diagnosis of psoas abscess, it is necessary to suspect the diagnosis and keep this rare condition in mind.