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© 1976 British Society for Rheumatology

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SEPTIC ARTHRITIS OF THE STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT: COMPLICATED BY FISTULA FORMATION

LUIS A. HERNÁNDEZ, JAMES D. WATSON and ROGER D. STURROCK

The Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, University Department of Medicine Royal Infirmary, Glasgow

Correspondence to: Requests for reprints from Dr. L. A. Hemández

A case of sternoclavicular pyogenic arthritis complicated by fistula formation in a patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis is presented. The association of fistulae and rheumatic joints is reviewed and the mechanism of fistula formation is discussed. Fistulae usually occur secondary to infection in rheumatoid joints.


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