Pubic pain in athletes: a case due to an abscess in the obturator muscle.
Pubic pain is a common symptom in soccer players. Its cause can be difficult to determine. We report a case in a 19-year-old soccer player who had an abscess in the obturator internus muscle. We are aware of only one similar report in the literature. Painful limitation of internal rotation of the hip and evidence of infection suggested the diagnosis, which was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. In a soccer player, a fever and groin pain do not always indicate osteitis pubis. Limitation of internal rotation of the hip should suggest a lesion in the obturator internus muscle.
Department of Rheumatology, Conception Teaching Hospital, Marseille, France.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D010146:Pain / Q000382:microbiology*; D011631:Pubic Symphysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012916:Soccer; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed