Piriformis muscle abscess associated with pyogenic sacroiliitis

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Mori, Toshihiko | Morii, Mayuko | Fujinaga, Emiko | Kuroiwa, Yuki | Hotsubo, Tomoyuki | Fuse, Shigeto | Inoue, Masayuki | Tsutsumi, Hiroyuki

Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, NTT East Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | Department of Orthopedics, NTT East Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | Department of Pediatrics, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Note: [] Correspondence: Dr. Toshihiko Mori, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, NTT East Sapporo Hospital, South 1, West-15, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0061, Japan. Tel.: +81 11 623 7240; Fax: +81 11 623 7527; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: Pyogenic sacroiliitis is a relatively rare cause of hip pain and fever. Psoas muscle abscess complicating pyogenic sacroiliitis, has been reported in some cases; however, piriformis muscle abscess causing sacroiliitis has never been described. We report a 14-year-old girl who developed a piriformis muscle abscess associated with pyogenic sacroiliitis due to methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus.

Keywords: Pyogenic sacroiliitis, piriformis abscess, magnetic resonance imaging, drainage

DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2010-0253

Journal: Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 299-302, 2010