Open AccessSacroiliac pain in a dialysis patient
Author(s) -
Antonio G. Tristano
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.06.2009.1934
Subject(s) - medicine , sacroiliac joint , sacroiliitis , pelvic pain , abscess , pelvis , pelvic inflammatory disease , back pain , low back pain , peritoneal dialysis , surgery , chronic renal failure , pathology , ankylosing spondylitis , alternative medicine
The case is reported of a 47-year-old man with a history of chronic renal failure, treated with peritoneal dialysis, who presented with acute sacroiliac joint pain secondary to a pelvic abscess. Initially a diagnosis of infectious sacroiliitis of the left sacroiliac joint was suspected, but following investigation a pain referable to the sacroiliac joint was suspected. The patient recovered with a combination of antibiotics for the pelvic abscess and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.