Septic arthritis | Figure 1

Septic arthritis

89+ y.o female came with fever for one day and elevated inflammatory markers, in her examination swelling rt shoulder, after first aspiration this the amount of the aspirated fluid. The patient has MRSA in the aspirated fluid as well as in her blood.

More about this case

Similar cases

BMBX with aspiration preformed this morning on a patient with anemia. Orange arrow is BMBX, blue arrow shows aspiration forming clot.](https://app.figure1.com/case-detail/11d5d888-e4a4-452c-98c6-b06fe8831601)

A 17-year-old female presents with a high fever, ecchymoses on her trunk, and a five-month history of generalized fatigue. On examination, her skin is pale. A peripheral blood smear demonstrates pancytopenia and her bone marrow aspirate contains 35% blast cells. Based on this patient’s clinical presentation and bone marrow aspirate, what is the most likely diagnosis? Image credit: @thatguywesmaranan.](https://app.figure1.com/case-detail/4e6404a7-e418-48f9-a446-5e3ab8a71d7f)

Aspirated grill](https://app.figure1.com/case-detail/5b261dd2-bd1f-4e36-80c7-8ebb7c20b74f)

a 4 years old girl presented with itchy skin rash and pancytopenia , her bone marrow aspirate show AML,M5b.
SBB &PAS show specific positivity for AML M5b](https://app.figure1.com/case-detail/62c29fc5-88f0-4312-8ed8-b576e60aeaa9)

Trending now

A 52-year-old man presented with a 20-minute history of chest pain radiating to the left shoulder and neck, associated with dyspnea and diaphoresis.
He had a history of hypertension, long-term smoking, and a sedentary lifestyle.
On physical examination, bibasilar crackles were noted on lung auscultation. An electrocardiogram (ECG) was performed in the primary care setting, and the patient was promptly referred to the emergency department.](https://app.figure1.com/case-detail/ae0fe999-6875-4474-94f0-ad823dbb9b3a)

A 28-year-old woman presented with a 3-day history of intense pruritus over the lower back. She reported no recent travel or exposure to new environments. She cares for a small kennel with approximately eight dogs rescued from the streets.
Physical examination revealed multiple small vesicles, some clustered and others scattered, predominantly involving the lumbar region and the left gluteal area.](https://app.figure1.com/case-detail/c271070f-2bc7-4052-9895-635277e1a7d5)

A 4-month-old male infant presented with skin lesions localized to the chin for the past 3 days. Physical examination revealed multiple small pustules with surrounding inflammatory signs on the chin, along with a few scattered papules on the chest.](https://app.figure1.com/case-detail/48f41642-b9db-4089-b120-a94ee52328de)

Patient in late teens presenting after a collapse, no chest pain, no previous cardiac history, no history of sudden death in family, are there any features in this EKG that would warrant further work-up or is this just a pediatric EKG?](https://app.figure1.com/case-detail/2af390e1-ace8-40ed-ba1c-98fb2d72f4c5)