Diagnosis of sacroiliac joint infection in pregnancy by magnetic resonance imaging

MR imaging was used to diagnose sacroiliac joint infection as the source of persistant back and hip pain in a pregnant woman with bacterial endocarditis and fever who refused diagnostic exposure to any ionizing radiation.

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Published inMagnetic resonance imaging Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 341 - 343
Main Authors Wilbur, Andrew C., Langer, Bradley G., Spigos, Dimitrios G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.05.1988
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Adult
Arthritis, Infectious - diagnosis
Arthritis, septic
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Joints, MR studies
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Management. Prenatal diagnosis
Medical sciences
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - diagnosis
Pregnancy, MR studies
Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta
Sacroiliac Joint
Sacroiliac Joint, MRI
Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis
Arthritis, septic
Sacroiliac Joint, MRI
Pregnancy, MR studies
Joints, MR studies
Human
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Cardiovascular disease
Arthritis
Sacroiliac joint
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
Infection
Pregnancy
Streptococcaceae
Concomitant disease
Osteitis
Streptococcal infection
Endocarditis
Bacteriosis
Bacteria
Micrococcales
Streptococcus pyogenes
Diagnosis
Woman
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Summary:MR imaging was used to diagnose sacroiliac joint infection as the source of persistant back and hip pain in a pregnant woman with bacterial endocarditis and fever who refused diagnostic exposure to any ionizing radiation.
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ISSN:0730-725X
1873-5894
DOI:10.1016/0730-725X(88)90411-0