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J Pediatr Infect Dis 2010; 05(03): 299-302
DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2010-0253
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Piriformis muscle abscess associated with pyogenic sacroiliitis

Authors

  • Toshihiko Mori

    a   Department of Pediatrics, NTT East Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

  • Mayuko Morii

    a   Department of Pediatrics, NTT East Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

  • Emiko Fujinaga

    a   Department of Pediatrics, NTT East Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

  • Yuki Kuroiwa

    a   Department of Pediatrics, NTT East Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

  • Tomoyuki Hotsubo

    a   Department of Pediatrics, NTT East Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

  • Shigeto Fuse

    a   Department of Pediatrics, NTT East Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

  • Masayuki Inoue

    b   Department of Orthopedics, NTT East Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

  • Hiroyuki Tsutsumi

    c   Department of Pediatrics, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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26 August 2009

01 February 2010

Publication Date:
28 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Pyogenic sacroiliitis is a relatively rare cause of hip pain and fever. Psoas muscle abscess complicating pyogenic sacroiliitis, has been reported in some cases; however, piriformis muscle abscess causing sacroiliitis has never been described. We report a 14-year-old girl who developed a piriformis muscle abscess associated with pyogenic sacroiliitis due to methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus.

Keywords

Pyogenic sacroiliitis - piriformis abscess - magnetic resonance imaging - drainage