Diagnosis of sacroiliac joint infection in pregnancy by magnetic resonance imaging.
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.
Wilbur
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Department of Radiology, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago.
Langer
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Spigos
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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*