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Fig. 2 | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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From: Postpartum septic symphysitis, a rare condition with possible long-term consequences: a cohort study with long-term follow-up

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a A 35-year-old woman, normal first delivery of a foetus weighing 4530 g. Increasing pain around the symphysis firsts day postpartum. Readmitted nine days postpartum with pain around the symphysis, and inability to walk. Temp: 38.5°, CRP 180. CT scan shows infected haematomas in and around the symphysis and gas in the left superior ramus, indicating septic osteomyelitis, and also bilateral abscesses in the adductor muscles. Broad-spectrum antibiotics and NSAIDs were given, but symptoms receded. CRP slowly. CRP, C-reactive protein, CT, Computer tomography, NSAIDS, non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug. b Two weeks later MRI shows receding abscesses in the left abductor muscles of the pelvis. MRI, magnetic resonance imagining

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