Plant-thorn synovitis occurring in a child with psoriatic arthritis.
In psoriatic arthritis, trauma to joints may be important in determining the site of joint involvement. We describe a child with a psoriatic arthritis in whom penetrating injury with a rose thorn led to a localized chronic synovitis which could not be distinguished clinically from psoriatic arthritis but which was effectively treated by synovectomy and removal of the remaining thorn.
D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010944:Plants; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000150:complications*; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*