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"An Atypical Presentation of Tuberculosis Elbow" - A Case Report.
J Orthop Case Rep
December 2024
Department of Orthopaedics, Sree Balaji Medical College Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Introduction: Elbow joint is the most common affliction in upper limb tuberculosis (TB). A review of literature shows varying clinical presentations of TB in the elbow, with and without detectable primary foci.
Case Report: We report a rare case of post-traumatic reactivation of latent TB of elbow which mimicked septic arthritis, in a healthy adult who suffered an elbow contusion injury following an road traffic accident.
Post-traumatic Non-haemophilic Haemosiderotic Synovitis of the Elbow: A Case Report.
J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol
August 2023
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan.
Haemosiderotic synovitis (HS) is a rare synovial proliferative disease secondary to haemarthrosis, often with articular cartilage destruction. It is most frequently reported in patients with haemophiliacs, and the knee joint is most frequently affected. However, there are no reports on the elbow joint without haemophiliacs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSuccessful Chemical Synovectomy in a Patient with Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome with Chronic Synovitis Due to Recurrent Knee Hemarthrosis: A Case Report.
Rheumatol Ther
October 2022
Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Via Pace, 9, 20122, Milan, Italy.
Acquired von Willebrand syndrome (AVWS) is a rare, non-hereditary bleeding disorder related to heterogeneous medical conditions such as hematological malignancies and cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases. We describe the clinical course of a 62-year-old man with polycythemia vera who experienced post-traumatic knee and leg swelling due to hemarthrosis. He was treated at another center with low molecular weight heparin due to misdiagnosed deep vein thrombosis further exacerbating the ongoing bleeding.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPost-Traumatic Hemosiderotic Synovitis of the Knee Mimicking Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in a Child: A Case Report.
Am J Case Rep
June 2021
Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
BACKGROUND Hemosiderotic synovitis (HS) is a rare proliferative synovial disorder with incompletely understood pathophysiology. It mainly affects the knee joint. It can be confused with pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS), both clinically and radiologically.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe results of 394 consecutive cases of knee joint radiation synovectomy (radiosynoviorthesis) using Y.
Ann Nucl Med
February 2020
Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Kazimierza Bartla 5, 50-996, Wrocław, Poland.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the treatment results of Y radiation synovectomy for chronic exudative synovitis of knee joints.
Methods: The retrospective data consist of 394 consecutive knee radiation synovectomies performed using 6 mCi (222 MBq) of Y. The assessment included 3-point custom pain and joint mobility scale, evaluation of joint's circumference, binary joint's temperature evaluation, patellar ballottement test, indications for puncture and its volume in applicable cases.
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