title: Postpartum tuberculous sacroiliitis.
abstract: Postpartum inflammatory sacroiliitis is a well known clinical entity, treatment for which is conservative. Pyogenic sacroiliitis also has been reported in literature following caesarian section. We report a rare case of postpartum tuberculous (TB) sacroiliitis, which, to our knowledge, has not been reported in the literature earlier. The patient completely recovered with antituberculous treatment.
authors: School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India. krishnakumarr@aims.amrita.edu
authors: Krishnakumar R
authors: KR
authors: Nair
authors: Renjitkumar
authors: R
authors: Jayachandran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint; D058566:Sacroiliitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents