sacroiliac osteomyelitis

Epidemiology

adolescents & young adults

Clinical manifestations

• fever
• poorly localized buttocks pain
• inability to bear weight in an adolescent
• involvement of the closely passing lumbar plexus
  • urinary difficulties
  • abdominal distention
• pain caused by pelvic pressure
• tenderness over the sacroiliac joint

Laboratory

• blood culture for Staphylococcus aureus

Radiology

• Tc 99 m bone scan may be normal
• single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

More general terms

• osteomyelitis
• spine disease; vertebral disorder

Additional terms

• sacroiliac joint