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An enlarged iliopectineal bursa (IB) can cause pressure on iliofemoral veins. Clinical presentation can manifest as asymmetrical lower extremity edema. This case report demonstrates extensive asymmetrical leg edema caused by femoral vein compression based on iliopectineal bursitis (IB-itis) associated with advanced osteoarthritis (OA) of the left hip joint with an outline of relevant current literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOverlap syndrome in a 12-year-old girl with systemic lupus erythematosus and anti-oj antibody-positive polymyositis: a case report.
Pediatr Rheumatol Online J
October 2022
Frontier Molecular Medical Research Center in Children, Changhua Christian Children Hospital, 135 Nanhsiung Street, Changhua County, Changhua, 500, Taiwan.
Background: The peculiar presentation of overlap syndrome in children makes precise diagnosis difficult. Children with overlap syndrome may or may not have specific antibodies. We present the case of a 12-year-old girl diagnosed with overlap syndrome of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and juvenile polymyositis (JPM) who tested positive for anti-OJ antibodies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMethotrexate-Associated Lymphoproliferative Disease of the Thoracic Spine Misdiagnosed as Metastatic Spinal Tumor: A Case Report.
Cureus
August 2022
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saga University, Saga, JPN.
Methotrexate (MTX) is increasingly used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Many recent reports have identified MTX-related lymphoproliferative disorder (MTX-LPD) as lymphoma that develops during MTX therapy. However, spinal lesions, which are extremely rare, can be misdiagnosed as spinal metastases or pyogenic spondylitis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMycobacterium tuberculosis concealed by sacroiliitis.
IDCases
June 2020
Graduate Medical Education-Northside Hospital Gwinnett, Lawrenceville, GA, USA.
A 77-year-old African American female with rheumatoid arthritis presented with fever and unsteady gait. She was started on broad-spectrum antimicrobials due to CT evidence for sacroiliitis and psoas abscess and underwent partial excision of her sacroiliac bone and drainage of the abscess. One of four blood cultures grew and the patient was sent home with intravenous ampicillin for 6 weeks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMRI findings of the shoulder and hip joint in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica.
Mod Rheumatol
September 2015
a Department of Radiology , St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo , Japan.
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of the shoulder and hip joint in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR).
Methods: MR images of a total of 25 PMR patients (23 shoulders and 6 hips), 43 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients (22 shoulders and 22 hips), and 50 control patients (25 shoulders and 25 hips) were examined. The following MRI findings were evaluated: In the shoulder, thickness and abnormalities of the supraspinatus tendon, effusion around the glenohumeral joint, subacromial-subdeltoid bursa, and the biceps tendon; In the hip, effusion around the acetabulofemoral joint, iliopsoas bursa, and trochanteric bursa.
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