Epithelioid sarcoma of the right ilium mimicking sacroiliitis.

Epithelioid sarcoma represents less than 1% of soft tissue sarcomas and has a high recurrence rate and strong ability to invade the regional lymphatic pathways. Classic epithelioid sarcoma has a predilection for young men and usually affects the distal extremities, while the proximal-type is characterized by different histological features and most commonly occurs in the proximal part of the extremities, trunk and pelvis. Intraosseous tumor development is rare.

[Pyogenic arthritis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae: report of four cases and a review of the literature].

Most infections by group B streptococcus of the Lancefield classification (Streptococcus agalactiae), were reported in pregnant women or during the puerperal period, as well as in neonates. During the past three decades there have been reports of increasingly invasive infections in adults unrelated to pregnancy, although arthritis and osteomyelitis are still very rare. In this article, we describe four new adult patients with arthritis by S.

[Septic arthritis complicating neuropathic shoulder due to cervical syringomyelia].

One of the main causes of neuropathic osteoarthropathy of the shoulder is cervical syringomyelia. Chronic pain and swelling of the shoulder are the most frequent manifestations, but it occasionally can develop rapid osteoarticular destructive lesions (in less than six weeks), which raise the diagnostic possibility of septic arthritis and some tumours We present the report of two men with septic arthritis of the shoulder associated with neuropathic arthropathy secondary to syringomyelia. Both patients presented with sudden shoulder pain exacerbated by either passive or active joint movements, malaise and fever.

[Primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (pachydermoperiostosis). Report of two familial cases and literature review].

The primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (pachydermoperiostosis) is a hereditary disease characterized by skin thickening (pachydermia), finger clubbing, and proliferation of periosteum (periostitis) with subperiosteal new bone formation. We describe the cases of two brothers of 30 and 24 years, who consulted due to bone pain, arthralgia and oligoarthritis. Pachydermia, hyperhidrosis, seborrhea, digital clubbing, periostosis and non-inflammatory effusions of the knees.

[Coxsackie virus infection associated with myositis and polyarthritis].

A wide spectrum of muscle disorders caused by Coxsackie B virus, ranging from acute nonspecific myalgia to rhabdomyolisis have been described. Arthritis in not widely recognised as an either manifestation of Coxsackie virus infection, and only ten patients has been reported previously. A case of polymyositis and polyarthritis associated with primary Coxsackie B infection in a 6-year-old girl is reported.