Infection of a Rathke cleft cyst: a rare cause of pituitary abscess.

Background: Only 20 cases of abscess formation within a Rathke cleft cyst have been reported.

Methods: Case report and review of the English-language literature.

Results: A 64-year-old female was admitted with a 12-mo history of headache and decreased visual acuity and had bilateral papilledema and bitemporal hemianopsia with impairment of visual acuity.

Chronic pelvic pain reveals sacral osteomyelitis three years after abdominal hysterectomy.

Background: Deep pelvic abscess is a well-known infective complication in gynecologic practice. However, sacral osteomyelitis has been reported rarely. We describe sacral infection presenting three years after abdominal hysterectomy and point out the difficulty in management.