Delayed Diagnosis in a Case of Smoldering Sporotrichal Monoarthropathy

We present the clinical, imaging, and laboratory findings of a 41-year-old male with culture proven Sporothrix schenckii osteoarticular infection of the right knee. Fungal arthropathies are a rare and indolent form of septic arthritis, which often leads to a delayed diagnosis. Early diagnosis and tr...

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Published inJournal of radiology case reports Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 17 - 23
Main Authors Patel, Rina, Busby, Lindsay P, Motamedi, Daria
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States EduRad 01.01.2019
Subjects
Adult
Arthritis, Infectious - diagnosis
Arthritis, Infectious - microbiology
Delayed Diagnosis
Humans
Knee Joint - diagnostic imaging
Knee Joint - microbiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Musculoskeletal Radiology
Sporothrix - isolation & purification
Sporotrichosis - diagnosis
fungal
MRI
chronic synovitis
chronic monoarthritis
radiographs
fungal arthritis
Sporothrix schenckii
knee
sporotrichosis
chronic osteomyelitis
synovitis
fungal arthropathy
lower extremity
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Summary:We present the clinical, imaging, and laboratory findings of a 41-year-old male with culture proven Sporothrix schenckii osteoarticular infection of the right knee. Fungal arthropathies are a rare and indolent form of septic arthritis, which often leads to a delayed diagnosis. Early diagnosis and treatment of fungal arthropathies is critical to preventing permanent functional disability.
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ISSN:1943-0922
1943-0922
DOI:10.3941/jrcr.v13i1.3520