Recurrent septic arthritis and Milroy's disease.
Milroy's disease is a rare disorder characterized by multiple physical anomalies, the most prominent of which is lymphedema of one or both lower extremities. We describe, with a review of proposed pathogenetic mechanisms, a patient with Milroy's disease who, over a 13-year period, manifested at least 14 isolated episodes of septic arthritis of the left knee. Recurrent septic arthritis associated with Milroy's disease has not been reported previously.
Albornoz
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MA
Division of Rheumatology and Immunologic Diseases, Temple University Health Sciences Center, Philadelphia, PA 19140.
Myers
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AR
D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging