Subcutaneous inflammation (infection?) after synovial rupture: a complication of a complication.
Six weeks after presumptive acute synovial rupture at the knee, a patient was admitted with cutaneous induration over the medial calf. Roentgenograms showed gas shadows within the involved area. A fluctuant area at the center of the indurated mass yielded a Corynebacterium species.
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D004890:Erythema / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013585:Synovitis / Q000175:diagnosis*