Tuberculosis of the sacroiliac joint.
A 23-year-old woman presented with low back pain of several months' duration. A tuberculous infection of the left sacroiliac joint was diagnosed by closed-needle biopsy. The clinical presentation, radiological features and outcome of this patient are discussed.
Vaiopoulos
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First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Greece.
Sfikakis
P P
PP
Velikas
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E
Kittas
C
C
Kaklamanis
P
P
D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
D000995:Antitubercular Agents