Pathologic dislocation of the shoulder secondary to septic arthritis: a case report

Septic arthritis of the shoulder is uncommon in adults, and complete dislocation of the glenohumeral joint following septic arthritis is extremely rare. We report a case of pathologic shoulder dislocation secondary to septic arthritis in an intravenous drug abuser.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bagheri, Farshid, Ebrahimzadeh, Mohamad H, Sharifi, Seyed Reza, Ahmadzadeh-Chabok, Hossien, Khajah-Mozaffari, Javad, Fattahi, Asieh S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-9131
Descripción
Sumario:Septic arthritis of the shoulder is uncommon in adults, and complete dislocation of the glenohumeral joint following septic arthritis is extremely rare. We report a case of pathologic shoulder dislocation secondary to septic arthritis in an intravenous drug abuser.

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