A female 10,000 metre runner, aged 28, presented with a 10 day history of pain of insidious onset in the right buttock. She had, 2 weeks before presenting, competed in a track race for selection to an international representative team, which she achieved. Five days after the race she had a 400 metre interval training session, following which she was conscious of the pain in the right buttock. S...

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BACKGROUND Sacroiliac joint pain is a challenging condition accounting for approximately 20% of cases of chronic low back pain. Currently, there are no effective long-term treatment options for sacroiliac joint pain. METHODS A randomized placebo-controlled study was conducted in 28 patients with injection-diagnosed sacroiliac joint pain. Fourteen patients received L4-L5 primary dorsal rami an...

Septic sacroiliitis is rare and accounts for approximately 1-2% of osteoarticular infections in children. Diagnosis of this disease has been difficult in the past due to its deep location and may be delayed due to the lack of specific clinical signs and symptoms. We describe 2 paediatric patients with clinical-radiological signs of septic sacroiliitis. E., an 8-year-old boy, presented with righ...

BACKGROUND Recalcitrant sacroiliac joint pain responds well to minimally-invasive surgical (MIS) techniques, although long-term radiographic and fusion data are limited. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the one-year clinical results from a cohort of patients with chronic sacroiliac (SI) joint pain unresponsive to conservative therapies who have undergone minimally invasive SI joint fusion. METHODS SI ...

We present the case of 56-year-old man who came to the emergency department with a 48-h history of fever and pain in left gluteus, radiating to posterior thigh. Three days before the onset of the symptoms, the patient had self-administered a dose of intraurethral alprostadil to treat erectile dysfunction secondary to prostatectomy for adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Physical examination reveale...