[Sea urchin spines synovitis. A case report with positive pasteurellosis antigen intradermoreaction (author's transl)].

Abstract

A case is reported of a 53 years old woman who injured proximal interphalangeal joint of the right fourth finger on a sea urchin spine. She developed an extensive arthritis after synovial biopsy with sequellar fourth and fifth paw fashioned fingers and a palmar fibrositis. The originality of this observation with typical clinical symptoms and characteristic synovial histology (giant cells granulomatous synovitis) is the combination of a pasteurellosis infection. The diagnosis of the last one can be based on the inoculation in extra-aquatic condition, the extension of arthritis and particularly the positivity of pasteurellosis antigen intradermoreaction.

• Authors: P Dreyfus, D Daupleix, J Amouroux, F Badois
• Journal: Annales de medecine interne (Ann Med Interne (Paris)) Vol. 132 Issue 6 Pg. 404-7 ( 1981) ISSN: 0003-410X [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Arthrites à piquants d'oursin. Un cas avec intradermoréaction positive à l'antigène pasteurellien.
• PMID: 7032382 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Arthritis, Infectious (etiology)
• Female
• Finger Injuries (complications)
• Foreign-Body Reaction (pathology)
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Pasteurella Infections (complications, transmission)
• Sea Urchins (microbiology)
• Synovitis (etiology, pathology)