TITLE:
Septic Arthritis of the Hand during Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
AUTHORS:
Kentaro Tsuji, Hiroshi Takahashi, Ryoichi Fukano, Masayuki Sekiguchi
KEYWORDS:
Septic Arthritis, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Hand
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Orthopedics,
Vol.8 No.8,
August
17,
2018
ABSTRACT: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) complicated with septic arthritis of the hand has not previously been described. We treated a patient in whom swelling of the wrist recurred during treatment of CRPS and septic arthritis of the hand was induced by group G hemolytic streptococcus. There are case reports of tuberculous arthritis of the hand during treatment of CRPS; however, the causal relationship of wrist joint inflammation with CRPS is unclear. Careful follow-up is necessary for wrist joint inflammation if a patient with CRPS relapses with swelling of the wrist.