RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pseudoseptic arthritis: an unusual presentation of neuropathic arthropathy.
JF Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
JO Ann Rheum Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism
SP 717
OP 721
DO 10.1136/ard.50.10.717
VO 50
IS 10
A1 Louthrenoo, W
A1 Ostrov, B E
A1 Park, Y S
A1 Rothfuss, S
A1 Schumacher, H R
YR 1991
UL http://ard.bmj.com/content/50/10/717.abstract
AB A 49 year old black man with scoliosis presented with bilateral shoulder swelling eventually shown to be due to neuropathic arthropathy related to underlying syringomyelia. The synovial fluid was highly inflammatory, but cultures from synovial fluid and synovial tissue were all sterile. Profuse fat droplets were noted and considered as a possible cause of the inflammation. This is an unusual presentation of neuropathic arthropathy in a patient who was also harbouring an adenocarcinoma that was undetected until later.