Hydatid disease. An unusual cause of chronic monarthritis

E Campoy; J Rodriguez-Moreno; J Del Blanco; J Narvaez; T Clavaguera; D Roig-Escofet

doi:10.1002/art.1780380924

Hydatid disease. An unusual cause of chronic monarthritis

Arthritis Rheum. 1995 Sep;38(9):1338-9. doi: 10.1002/art.1780380924.

Authors

E Campoy¹, J Rodriguez-Moreno, J Del Blanco, J Narvaez, T Clavaguera, D Roig-Escofet

Affiliation

¹ Hospital of Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 7575731
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780380924

Abstract

We describe a patient with granulomatous synovitis secondary to osseus hydatid disease that manifested with chronic monarthritis, eosinophilia, and urticaria.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Echinococcosis* / complications
Echinococcosis* / diagnosis
Granuloma / etiology
Humans
Joint Diseases / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Synovial Membrane / parasitology
Synovial Membrane / pathology
Synovitis / parasitology*
Synovitis / pathology