TY - JOUR T1 - Pyogenic osteomyelitis presenting as an acute sterile arthropathy. JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases JO - Ann Rheum Dis SP - 607 LP - 609 DO - 10.1136/ard.43.4.607 VL - 43 IS - 4 AU - P N Platt AU - I D Griffiths Y1 - 1984/08/01 UR - http://ard.bmj.com/content/43/4/607.abstract N2 - We report two cases of osteomyelitis secondary to staphylococcal septicaemia, presenting with large sterile effusions in adjacent joints. In both cases the clinical features were suggestive of septic arthritis. Multiple joints were involved in each patient. Initial radiographs showed no abnormalities. ER -