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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Gluteal pyomyositis in a non-tropical region as a rare cause of sciatic nerve compression: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Gluteal pyomyositis in a non-tropical region as a rare cause of sciatic nerve compression a case report Tamer Kamal 1 Mathew Hall11 Ashraf Moharam12 Michael Sharr11 and Jonathan Walczak11 Address Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department Princess Royal University Hospital Orpington Kent UK and Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department Cairo University Hospital Cairo Egypt Email Tamer Kamal - tamerkamal@ Mathew Hall - Ashraf Moharam - ashrafmoharram@ Michael Sharr - Jonathan Walczak - secwalczakt opruh@ Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 12 June 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 204 doi 1752-1947-2-204 Received 26 March 2007 Accepted 12 June 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 204 2008 Kamal et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Introduction Pyomyositis or isolated abscess formation within a skeletal muscle is a relatively common condition in tropical climates but it is only encountered rarely in temperate zones. Case presentation We present a case of non-tropical pyomyositis of the gluteal muscle in a 26-year-old previously healthy man from the United Kingdom who initially presented with sciaticalike symptoms which began 3 days after a mosquito bite on his nose which had become infected and discharged pus. Conclusion Gluteal pyomyositis involving the sciatic nerve may initially present as radiculopathy. Mosquito bites may have been the source of transient bacteraemia that .