A 60-year-old man presented to the emergency department with constant right shoulder pain of insidious onset that had lasted for 1 month. Based on the patient's history, the physical therapist's recommendations, and initial radiographs, the physician ordered magnetic resonance imaging, which revealed shoulder osteomyelitis and myositis. .
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|---|
http://dx.doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2019.9101 | DOI Listing |
Orthopadie (Heidelb)
December 2024
Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Kantonsspital Zug, Baar, Switzerland.
Introduction: We report the case of a 54-year-old male with the rare entity of bilateral septic acromioclavicular (AC) arthritis with osteomyelitis of the lateral clavicle with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA). The glenohumeral joint was affected as well. The patient was immunocompetent with no history of diabetes or intravenous drug abuse.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Bone Jt Infect
October 2024
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul 04401, South Korea.
commonly colonizes the upper respiratory tract of humans, but infection caused by after orthopedic surgery is rare. Here, we report the first case of septic arthritis of the shoulder caused by an infection and outline the diagnosis and treatment steps as well as differences compared with other cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Surg Case Rep
August 2024
University of Sousse, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, Tunisia.
Introduction And Importance: Acute scapular osteomyelitis is an exceptional entity with a misleading clinical presentation. If not urgently diagnosed and treated correctly, it may lead to articular surfaces damage, deformation of the humeral head, and humerus shortening.
Case Presentation: A 12-year-old boy without any medical history with osteomyelitis of the scapular neck complicated with secondary septic arthritis of the gleno-humeral joint was evaluated.
J Shoulder Elbow Surg
December 2023
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Background: Septic arthritis of the shoulder is distinctly challenging to diagnose and treat. Guidelines for appropriate workup and management are limited and do not account for the variations in clinical presentation. The purpose of this study was to present a comprehensive and anatomically based classification system and treatment algorithm for septic arthritis of the native shoulder joint.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJBJS Case Connect
January 2023
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Clinica Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile.
Case: Two years after a right shoulder arthroscopic procedure, a 49-year-old woman presented with significant dysfunction and pain to our orthopaedic department. Laboratory and imaging evaluation demonstrated chronic glenohumeral osteomyelitis with irreparable damage to the humeral articular surface. A 2-stage soft-tissue shoulder interposition arthroplasty was performed to rebalance the joint.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!