Case Reports

Postpartum Tuberculous Sacroiliitis

Am J Orthop. 2013 February;42(2):16-17
By
Nair KR
Jayachandran R
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Postpartum inflammatory sacroiliitis is a well known clinical entity, treatment for which is conservative. Pyogenic sacroiliitis also has been reported in literature following caesarian section. We report a rare case of postpartum tuberculous (TB) sacroiliitis, which, to our knowledge, has not been reported in the literature earlier. The patient completely recovered with anti-tuberculous treatment.
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