Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis presenting as cervical abscess and subcutaneous emphysema: A case report

Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis results from hematogenous spread of a bacterial infection, usually in the immunocompromised. It commonly presents as a chest wall abscess. Cervical abscess resulting from sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis is a rare complication with only one reported cas...

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Autores principales: Fornwalt, Brandon E, Goosmann, Madeline, Reynolds, Stephen, Bunevich, Jared D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7000855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32110404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X20902874
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author Fornwalt, Brandon E
Goosmann, Madeline
Reynolds, Stephen
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description Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis results from hematogenous spread of a bacterial infection, usually in the immunocompromised. It commonly presents as a chest wall abscess. Cervical abscess resulting from sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis is a rare complication with only one reported case in the English literature. We describe a case of sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis in an elderly diabetic adult with cervical abscess as initial presentation.
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spelling pubmed-70008552020-02-27 Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis presenting as cervical abscess and subcutaneous emphysema: A case report Fornwalt, Brandon E Goosmann, Madeline Reynolds, Stephen Bunevich, Jared D SAGE Open Med Case Rep Case Report Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis results from hematogenous spread of a bacterial infection, usually in the immunocompromised. It commonly presents as a chest wall abscess. Cervical abscess resulting from sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis is a rare complication with only one reported case in the English literature. We describe a case of sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis in an elderly diabetic adult with cervical abscess as initial presentation. SAGE Publications 2020-02-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7000855/ /pubmed/32110404 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X20902874 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Fornwalt, Brandon E
Goosmann, Madeline
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Bunevich, Jared D
Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis presenting as cervical abscess and subcutaneous emphysema: A case report
title Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis presenting as cervical abscess and subcutaneous emphysema: A case report
title_full Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis presenting as cervical abscess and subcutaneous emphysema: A case report
title_fullStr Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis presenting as cervical abscess and subcutaneous emphysema: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis presenting as cervical abscess and subcutaneous emphysema: A case report
title_short Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis presenting as cervical abscess and subcutaneous emphysema: A case report
title_sort sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis presenting as cervical abscess and subcutaneous emphysema: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7000855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32110404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X20902874
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