Tuberculous arthritis of the shoulder: delayed diagnosis aided by arthrography.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-1983
Abstract
Tuberculous arthritis of the shoulder was not diagnosed in an 80-year-old man with Addison's disease until the appearance of a draining abscess in his arm. Initially signs, symptoms, x-rays and laboratory studies were consistent with calcific tendonitis and degenerative arthritis. Then an arthrogram demonstrated a connection between the shoulder joint and the abscess. A high level of suspicion for tuberculous arthritis should be maintained in an elderly patient whose past medical history is suspicious for tuberculosis and whose articular complaints are chronic.
Volume
2
Issue
1
First Page
61
Last Page
64
ISSN
0770-3198
Published In/Presented At
Miller, K. D., & Moore, M. E. (1983). Tuberculous arthritis of the shoulder: delayed diagnosis aided by arthrography. Clinical rheumatology, 2(1), 61–64. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02032070
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
6678683
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article