Progressive shoulder arthropathy

Article Abstract:

Progressive damage to the shoulder joint may be caused by tuberculosis. An 84-year-old Chinese woman had severe pain and restricted range of motion in her right shoulder. After two months of physical therapy, she had more pain and more joint damage. Computed tomography (CT) showed joint damage, abscesses within the muscles, and joint inflammation. The diagnosis of tuberculous arthritis was made after a culture of fluid from the right shoulder grew the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Even with treatment for tuberculosis, the patient needed to have an abscess on the shoulder removed. Infection should be suspected first when arthritis affects a single joint. Tuberculous arthritis may destroy a joint if left untreated. It usually affects weight bearing joints.

Infectious arthritis

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Prevalence of stenotic changes in arteries supplying the lumbar spine: a postmortem angiographic study on 140 subjects

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It appears that many patients with low back pain have blocked blood vessels supplying their spine. Spinal blood vessels from 140 deceased bodies were examined for blockages or narrowing. Close family members were questioned about the deceased's lower back pain history. Relatives of patients with blocked blood vessels were 8.5 times more likely to report a lower back pain history in their family member than were those without blocked vessels. Blood vessels in the lower back were affected more frequently than were middle back blood vessels. Blockages were more common in older patients.

Health aspects, Physiological aspects, Arteries, Arterial occlusions, Arterial occlusive diseases, Arterial stenosis, Vertebrae, Lumbar, Lumbar vertebrae

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A visible and palpable cause of backache

Article Abstract:

The case of a 46-year-old Indian woman with a backache is presented. She had a visible lump on her back near her spine, which turned out to be an abscess. A biopsy sample from the abscess contained Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis.

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