Title
Gonococcal arthritis of the shoulder and septic extensor tenosynovitis of the wrist: Sonographic appearances
Date Issued
01 February 2003
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Abstract
Gonococcal infection may disseminate systemically, including involvement of the musculoskeletal system.1-7 It has been estimated that gonococcal arthritis occurs in about 1% of patients with gonococcal infection.6 Clinical manifestations of disseminated gonococcal infection include skin lesions, arthritis affecting 1 or more joints, and tenosynovitis or periarthritis particularly affecting the dorsum of the wrist and hand and also the ankles.1 The primary site of infection may be asymptomatic.1 We present a case of a young female patient with septic wrist extensor tenosynovitis and shoulder arthritis that was diagnosed after sonographic examination.
Start page
221
End page
224
Volume
22
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Reumatología
Enfermedades infecciosas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0037306433
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
ISSN of the container
02784297
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