title: Diagnosis of sacroiliac joint infection in pregnancy by magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: MR imaging was used to diagnose sacroiliac joint infection as the source of persistent back and hip pain in a pregnant woman with bacterial endocarditis and fever who refused diagnostic exposure to any ionizing radiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Wilbur
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Spigos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*