A 26-year-old man with sternoclavicular arthritis

A 26-year-old man presented to a hospital in Lima, Peru, with a two-week history of fever, myalgias, and arthralgia of the left hip and right sternoclavicular joint. The authors discuss the work up, diagnosis, and management.

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Published in:PLoS medicine 2006-08, Vol.3 (8), p.e293-e293
Main Authors: Gutierrez Ruiz, Christian, Miranda, J Jaime, Pappas, Georgios
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Arthritis
Arthritis - diagnosis
Arthritis - pathology
Arthritis - therapy
Autoimmune diseases
Bacterial infections
Brucellosis
Brucellosis - epidemiology
Case studies
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Progression
Fever
Follow-Up Studies
General Medicine
Gonorrhea
Humans
Infections
Infectious Diseases
Inflammatory bowel disease
Learning Forum
Lupus
Lyme disease
Male
Medical Imaging
Medicine in Developing Countries
Microbiology
Radiography
Rheumatism
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology
Sacroiliac Joint - diagnostic imaging
Sacroiliitis
Sternoclavicular Joint - diagnostic imaging
Sternoclavicular Joint - pathology
Synovial Fluid - cytology
Ultrasonography
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Summary:A 26-year-old man presented to a hospital in Lima, Peru, with a two-week history of fever, myalgias, and arthralgia of the left hip and right sternoclavicular joint. The authors discuss the work up, diagnosis, and management.
ISSN:1549-1676
1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030293