Pseudoseptic arthritis: An unusual presentation of neuropathic arthropathy

Worawit Louthrenoo; Barbara E. Ostrov; Young S. Park; Susan Rothfuss; H. Ralph Schumacher

doi:10.1136/ard.50.10.717

Pseudoseptic arthritis: An unusual presentation of neuropathic arthropathy

Worawit Louthrenoo, Barbara E. Ostrov, Young S. Park, Susan Rothfuss, H. Ralph Schumacher

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Abstract

A 49 year old black man with scoliosis presented with bilateral shoulder swelling eventually shown to be due to neuropathic arthropathy related to underlying syringomyelia. The synovial fluid was highly inflammatory, but cultures from synovial fluid and synovial tissue were all sterile. Profuse fat droplets were noted and considered as a possible cause of the inflammation. This is an unusual presentation of neuropathic arthropathy in a patient who was also harbouring an adenocarcinoma that was undetected until later.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	717-721
Number of pages	5
Journal	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Volume	50
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.50.10.717
State	Published - 1991

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Immunology and Allergy
Rheumatology
Immunology
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Pseudoseptic arthritis: An unusual presentation of neuropathic arthropathy

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