Pyomyositis of the psoas and the iliacus muscles mimicking infective sacroiliitis.

J Clin Rheumatol

Departments of Rheumatology (J.F.M., C.M.-T., C.P., C.T.) and Radiology (A.P.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France.

Published: August 1996

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