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Ischiogluteal bursitis: multimodality imaging findings
Toshihiro Akisue1, Tetsuji Yamamoto, Takashi Marui
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
|February 13, 2003
Summary
Ischiogluteal bursitis, a rare cause of buttock pain, presents as a mass. Multimodality imaging, including CT and MRI, reveals characteristic findings aiding diagnosis.
Area of Science:
- Radiology
- Orthopedics
- Medical Imaging
Background:
- Ischiogluteal bursitis is an uncommon condition often overlooked.
- It typically presents as a painful mass in the buttock region.
Observation:
- Two cases involving an 80-year-old male and a 75-year-old female are detailed.
- Both patients exhibited a symptomatic buttock mass.
Findings:
- Contrast-enhanced CT showed a lesion inferior to the ischial tuberosity with peripheral enhancement.
- MRI revealed characteristic signal intensities on T1 and T2 weighted images, with postcontrast peripheral enhancement.
Implications:
- This study describes the multimodality imaging features of ischiogluteal bursitis for the first time.
- Ischiogluteal bursitis should be included in the differential diagnosis for buttock masses.