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Rheumatology 2001; 40: 1191-1192
© 2001 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Post-partum septic sacroiliitis

I. Haq and V. Morris

University College London Hospital NHS Trust, Centre for Rheumatology, Tottenham Street, London W1T 4NJ, UK

SIR, A 37-yr-old woman had an uncomplicated vaginal delivery of her third child in August 1999. Labour was induced at 41 weeks' gestation. The placenta was normal on visual inspection. She was discharged feeling well. Six days post-partum she felt unwell and hot with pain and swelling in her right ankle and in the area of the left hip. She had no history of trauma and there was no significant medical or family history.

On admission she was pyrexial at 38°C, tachycardic at 130 b.p.m. with a blood pressure of 100/50. The abdomen was enlarged and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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