Foreign body reactions simulating acute septic arthritis.
We describe 2 patients with foreign body synovitis simulating acute septic arthritis. One patient was an 11-year-old boy who developed acute knee swelling due to a penetrating fragment of wood. The other patient was an intravenvous drug abuser in whom silicon was identified in synovial fluid and synovial membrane and whose arthritis improved after complete synovectomy.
O'Connor
C R
CR
University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey.
Reginato
A J
AJ
DeLong
W G
WG
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000473:pathology; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012825:Silicon; D014934:Wood
D012825:Silicon