Pubic symphysis osteomyelitis with associated vesico-symphyseal fistula: a difficult diagnosis

Intrapartum Pubic Symphysis Disruption

During pregnancy, high progesterone and relaxin levels produce physiological ligament relaxation on the pelvis. Therefore, moderate pubic symphysis and sacroiliac joints relaxing provide birth canal widening, thereby facilitating vaginal delivery. Sometimes, functional pain or pelvic instability may occur during pregnancy or puerperium, which is defined as symptomatic pelvic girdle relaxation. ...

Magnetic resonance imaging to detect vesico-symphyseal fistula following robotic prostatectomy.

Pubic complications following radical prostatectomy are rare. Osteitis pubis typically presents with symptoms related to irritation of the pubic rami including pain with ambulation and adduction of the leg. A 60-year-old male with prostatic adenocarcinoma underwent uneventful robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy. The patient noted the onset of severe pubic pain exacerbated by ambulation ...

Vesico-Vaginal Fistula

Tuberculosis of Pubic Symphysis Mimicking Inguinal Swelling

*Assistant Professor, **Chief Resident, ***Associate Professor, ****Professor, *****HOD and Professor, Department of Surgery Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Byculla, Mumbai 400008. Abstract Tuberculosis of symphysis pubis is a rare condition with few reported cases in the last decade. It is necessary to distinguish the entity from Osteitis pubis and Osteomyelitis of pubic s...

Septic arthritis of the pubic symphysis.

Septic arthritis of the pubic symphysis developed in a previously healthy 13-year-old boy. Blood cultures and the culture of material taken by joint aspiration of the pubic symphysis under radioscopic control yielded Staphilococcus aureus. Early treatment with parenteral antibiotics prevented the development of osteomyelitis of the pubic rami in our patient. Open debridement was not necessary.