Abstract

OCHOA ROJAS, Carlos Darío  and  IZQUIERDO, Jorge Hernán. Role of ultrasound in the differential diagnosis of the acute polyarthritis - Echographic aspects of gonococcal arthritis: report of a case. Rev.Colomb.Reumatol. [online]. 2013, vol.20, n.2, pp.116-120. ISSN 0121-8123.

A case is presented of a male patient with acute polyarticular manifestation, secondary to N. Gonorrhoeae. The ultrasound showed the presence of tenosynovitis in extensor compartments of carpal joint and the flexor compartments of third finger of the right hand. Joint puncture aspiration confirmed the diagnosis.

Keywords : Gonococcal arthritis; Tenosynovitis; Joint ultrasound; N. gonorrhoeae.

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