title: Anaerobic bacterial coxitis and pseudocystic tumour in rheumatoid arthritis. A case report.
abstract: When patients with rheumatoid arthritis develop rapidly growing tumours around the hip or elbow joint, the possibility should be considered that this condition could be pseudocystic with a low virulent infection. The present report describes such a case of anaerobic bacterial coxitis with rapidly growing tumour.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D011425:Propionibacterium acnes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011859:Radiography