Painful knees associated with a septic focus.
The association between gastrointestinal disorders and arthritis is well recognized. We describe a 54-yr-old man who presented with a seronegative oligoarthritis in whom the clinical picture was consistent with a hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. An occult septic focus was identified when a barium enema demonstrated a diverticular abscess, treatment of which led to a complete resolution of symptoms.
Averns
H L
HL
Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre, Stoke-on-Trent.
Cheung
N T
NT
Dawes
P T
PT
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D001175:Arthrography; D001464:Barium; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004733:Enema; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis
D001464:Barium