Echinococcal synovitis of the knee joint
| Autor: | Savvas V. Seitaridis, Panagiotis G. Vallianatos, Anastasia C. Tilentzoglou, Helen J. Mahera |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Knee Joint medicine.medical_treatment Radiography Synovectomy Physical examination Knee Injuries Suction Arthroscopy Echinococcosis Recurrence Synovitis parasitic diseases Biopsy medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Aged biology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Surgery Agricultural Workers' Diseases Echinococcus Debridement Knee swelling Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopicrelated surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association. 18(9) |
| ISSN: | 1526-3231 |
| Popis: | Bone lesions are present in 1% to 2% of cases of hydatid disease. Hydatid synovitis can usually be identified due to secondary extension from the adjacent bone, or infrequently after hematogenous spread. We present an extremely rare case of hydatid synovitis without bony involve- ment. A 74-year-old man with diagnosed hydatid disease was admitted to our department because of left knee swelling. Neither physical examination nor laboratory studies revealed any remarkable findings. Radiographic evaluation of the knee joint was noncontributory. The patient underwent an arthroscopically assisted synovectomy, and the biopsy revealed an echinococcus contamination. No complications occurred during the postoperative period. Key Words: Knee—Infection—Echinococ- cal synovitis—Hydatid disease. |
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