title: Osteomyelitis secondary to an osteoenteric fistula.
abstract: Osteomyelitis involving the symphysis pubis is a rare complication of pelvic surgery, and differentiation with osteitis pubis may be difficult. Herein we present a case of a patient in whom a disabling public pain developed 4 months after a radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. His pain was unresponsive to medical and antibiotic therapy and subsequently proved to be caused by public osteomyelitis secondary to a small-bowel fistula precipitated by cancer recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Petrou
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D011630:Pubic Bone