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Affected patients may present atypically or with signs of sepsis, even without abscess rupture. In this case, a 58-year-old male with stage III chronic kidney disease secondary to sarcoidosis &amp; prostate cancer presented to the emergency department with 10\u00a0days of back and left hip pain, lower abdominal pain, and early signs of sepsis. Following an urgent care visit for his symptoms 2\u00a0days prior, his condition deteriorated, and imaging showed a left pelvic mass. This prompted emergency exploratory laparotomy, revealing a left pelvic sidewall abscess with abacterial purulent fluid without bowel perforation. 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