Case 17-1990 A 16-Year-Old Boy with Painful Swelling of the Left Knee Joint and Calf

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 322; no. 17; pp. 1214 - 1223
• Main Authors: Pike, M.C, Gorn, A.H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Massachusetts Medical Society 26.04.1990
• Subjects: Anticoagulants; Antigens; Arthritis; Blood platelets; Case reports; Edema; Immunoglobulins; Laboratories; Lupus; Neutrophils; Pain; Patients; Veins & arteries

Presentation of Case A 16-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital because of painful swelling of the left leg. He was well until two weeks earlier, when a sore throat developed. One week before admission he stayed out of school for one day because of a low-grade fever, with headache, malaise, and...