Severe pelvic abscess formation following caesarean section.

We report a case of a 24-year-old woman with severe pelvic abscess formation 2 weeks after secondary caesarean section. The isolated pathogens were a mixture of Gardnerella vaginalis, Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum. After initial resistance to systemic antibiotic treatment, she underwent radiologically-guided drainage of the abscesses, whereon she had a continuous recovery.

Percutaneous foot joint needle placement using a C-arm flat-panel detector CT.

Purpose: Image guidance is valuable for diagnostic injections in foot orthopaedics. Flat-detector computed tomography (FD-CT) was implemented using a C-arm, and the system was tested for needle guidance in foot joint injections.

Methods: FD-CT-guided joint infiltration was performed in 6 patients referred from the orthopaedic department for diagnostic foot injections.