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Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on January 5, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44(3):408-410; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh492
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Rheumatology Vol. 44 No. 3 © British Society for Rheumatology 2005; all rights reserved

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Primary obturator pyomyositis

C. Mukhtyar and A. Bradlow1

Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Oxford and 1 Battle Hospital, Oxford Road, Reading, UK

Correspondence to: C. Mukhtyar, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Oxford OX3 7EP, UK. E-mail: cbmukhtyar@hotmail.com

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SIR, A 33-yr-old male presented with acute onset bilateral groin pain and fever reaching 40°C. He denied other systemic symptoms. Two days prior to presentation he had played a game of rugby.

On examination, he had several large psoriatic plaques, but none in the groin. Hip movements were painful but not significantly restricted. Spinal movements were unrestricted. A pelvic X-ray showed old calcification, probably representing previous gluteal haematoma. His white cell count was elevated at 15 x 109 /l and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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