Septic arthritis of the shoulder after mastectomy and radiotherapy for breast carcinoma
- 1 March 1993
- journal article
- Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
- Vol. 75-B (2) , 318-321
- https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.75b2.8444958
Abstract
We report five patients who developed septic arthritis of the shoulder after cancer of the ipsilateral breast had been treated by surgery and radiotherapy. Lymphoedema was present in all cases. The infections were not obvious, having subacute onsets, and delays in diagnosis led to destruction of the joint in all but one patient.Keywords
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