Delayed Diagnosis in a Case of Smoldering Sporotrichal Monoarthropathy

Authors

  • Rina Patel
  • Lindsay P Busby
  • Daria Motamedi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v13i1.3520

Keywords:

Sporothrix schenckii, sporotrichosis, fungal, fungal arthropathy, fungal arthritis, chronic monoarthritis, chronic osteomyelitis, synovitis, chronic synovitis, knee, lower extremity, radiographs, MRI

Abstract

We present the clinical, imaging, and laboratory findings of a 41-year-old male with culture proven Sporothrix schenckii osteoarticular infection of the right knee. Fungal arthropathies are a rare and indolent form of septic arthritis, which often leads to a delayed diagnosis. Early diagnosis and treatment of fungal arthropathies is critical to preventing permanent functional disability.

Author Biographies

Rina Patel

Assistant Professor of Musculoskeletal Radiology

University of California, San Francisco

505 Parnassus Avenue, M-391

San Francisco, CA 94143

Lindsay P Busby

Fellow of Radiology

University of California, San Francisco

505 Parnassus Avenue, M-391

San Francisco, CA 94143

Daria Motamedi

Assistant Professor of Musculoskeletal Radiology

University of California, San Francisco

505 Parnassus Avenue, M-391

San Francisco, CA 94143

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Published

2019-01-23

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Musculoskeletal Radiology

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