Pelvis X-ray

Injury	Disease	Nutrition	Poison

Symptoms	Surgery	Test	Special Topic

Sacrum

Anterior skeletal anatomy

Overview

Risks

Results

Pelvis X-ray

Alternative Names:

X-ray - pelvis

What abnormal results mean:

Abnormal results may include pelvic fractures; tumors of the ilium, ischium, or pubis (the bones of the pelvis); and sacroiliitis (inflammation of the sacroiliac area where the sacrum joins the ilium bone).

Additional conditions under which the test may be performed include ankylosing spondylitis.

Review Date: 1/24/2005
Reviewed By: Jeffrey J. Brown, M.D., F.A.C.R., Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Review Provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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