ACUTE POSTPARTUM INFLAMMATORY SACROILIITIS - A REPORT OF 4 CASES

We report four patients with unilateral postpartum sacroiliitis presen ting with agonising unilateral pain, an elevated ESR, elevated alkalin e phosphatase levels, leucocytosis and positive bone scans. The diagno sis of a non-infectious inflammatory cause was supported by the postpa rtum onset, the response to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, neg ative aspiration cultures in two cases and the lack of changes in the sacroiliac joints on long-term follow-up radiographs.