Table 1 Summary of previous reports on abscesses occurring within the subscapularis muscle
Author | Age / Sex | Predisposing condition | Complication | Abscess region | Surgical drainage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Handorf CR (1983) [1] | 19 / male | – | Sepsis Pneumonia | Subscapular space - SSc | – |
Babayiğit A et al. (2009) [3] | 7 / male | Blunt trauma | – | Subscapular space - SSc | – |
Yilmaz G et al. (2012) [4] | 9 / female | Diabetes | Sepsis Pneumonia | Subscapular space - SSc | + |
Mourkus H et al. (2018) [2] | 7 / male | – | – | Glenohumeral joint space - SSc | + |
Patel K et al. (2018) [5] | 38 / female | Blunt trauma | – | Subscapular space - SSc | + |
Our case | 67 / female | – | Sepsis Meningitis | Glenohumeral joint space - SSc | + |