Aseptic inflammation of prosthetic knee in a patient affected by rheumatoid arthritis

BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Dec 2:2016:bcr2016218230. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-218230.

Authors

Michele Maria Luchetti¹, Devis Benfaremo¹, Matteo Rossini¹, Armando Gabrielli¹

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento Scienze Cliniche e Molecolari, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / physiopathology
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / surgery*
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee* / adverse effects
Female
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Inflammation
Knee Joint / physiopathology*
Methotrexate / therapeutic use
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
Radionuclide Imaging*
Synovitis / complications
Synovitis / physiopathology
Synovitis / surgery*
Treatment Outcome
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / antagonists & inhibitors*

Substances

Antirheumatic Agents
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
Methotrexate