Psoas abscess, a complication of skeletal tuberculosis, is not a well-known phenomenon in infants. In India, 5% of skeletal tuberculosis cases develop psoas abscess and this is a reflection of infection and poor socio-economic conditions. We report a case of left psoas abscess in an infant with reactive effusion due to tuberculosis that was treated with anti-tuberculous treatment.
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