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Ultrasonographic findings of gonarthritis caused by toothpick: A case report
Author(s) -
Tang Yuanjiao,
Zhu Meng,
Qiu Li
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22114
Subject(s) - medicine , foreign body , septic arthritis , arthritis , surgery , foreign bodies , ultrasound , radiology
We report a rare case of a 5‐year‐old patient with a toothpick in the knee joint resulting in septic arthritis. The toothpick was detected in the joint by sonography and was confirmed at surgery. A wooden foreign body is an uncommon cause of arthritis. This case report is followed by a discussion of the value of sonography in the diagnosis of wooden foreign‐body arthritis. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 42 :379–381, 2014