[Sea urchin spines synovitis. A case report with positive pasteurellosis antigen intradermoreaction (author's transl)].
A case is reported of a 53 years old woman who injured proximal interphalangeal joint of the right fourth finger on a sea urchin spine. She developed an extensive arthritis after synovial biopsy with sequellar fourth and fifth paw fashioned fingers and a palmar fibrositis. The originality of this observation with typical clinical symptoms and characteristic synovial histology (giant cells granulomatous synovitis) is the combination of a pasteurellosis infection. The diagnosis of the last one can be based on the inoculation in extra-aquatic condition, the extension of arthritis and particularly the positivity of pasteurellosis antigen intradermoreaction.
D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000635:transmission; D012617:Sea Urchins / Q000382:microbiology; D013585:Synovitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
Arthrites à piquants d'oursin. Un cas avec intradermoréaction positive à l'antigène pasteurellien.