Synovial cutaneous fistula complicating a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty
Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty is becoming a common form of shoulder arthroplasty that is often performed in the setting of rotator cuff pathology. Infection is a rare complication but is more common in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty than in hemiarthroplasty or anatomic total shoulder arth...
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| author | Haley P. Letter, MD Joseph Limback, MD Christopher Wasyliw, MD Laura Bancroft, MD Kurt Scherer, MD |
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| description | Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty is becoming a common form of shoulder arthroplasty that is often performed in the setting of rotator cuff pathology. Infection is a rare complication but is more common in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty than in hemiarthroplasty or anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty. We present the case of a 69-year-old patient with a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty who presented with purulent drainage from the skin of his anterior shoulder. Computed tomography arthrogram confirmed the presence of a synovial cutaneous fistula. Synovial cutaneous fistula is a rare variant of periprosthetic infection that, to our knowledge, has not been described previously in the setting of a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty. Computed tomography arthrogram proved to be a reliable method for confirming the diagnosis and was used for operative planning to remove the hardware. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d3475dd803c34692b6e65e3838c654f32022-12-22T01:22:31ZengElsevierRadiology Case Reports1930-04332016-06-011129810110.1016/j.radcr.2016.02.014Synovial cutaneous fistula complicating a reverse total shoulder arthroplastyHaley P. Letter, MDJoseph Limback, MDChristopher Wasyliw, MDLaura Bancroft, MDKurt Scherer, MDReverse total shoulder arthroplasty is becoming a common form of shoulder arthroplasty that is often performed in the setting of rotator cuff pathology. Infection is a rare complication but is more common in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty than in hemiarthroplasty or anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty. We present the case of a 69-year-old patient with a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty who presented with purulent drainage from the skin of his anterior shoulder. Computed tomography arthrogram confirmed the presence of a synovial cutaneous fistula. Synovial cutaneous fistula is a rare variant of periprosthetic infection that, to our knowledge, has not been described previously in the setting of a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty. Computed tomography arthrogram proved to be a reliable method for confirming the diagnosis and was used for operative planning to remove the hardware.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193004331630005XSynovial cutaneous fistulaReverse total shoulder arthroplastyInfection |
| spellingShingle | Haley P. Letter, MD Joseph Limback, MD Christopher Wasyliw, MD Laura Bancroft, MD Kurt Scherer, MD Synovial cutaneous fistula complicating a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty Radiology Case Reports Synovial cutaneous fistula Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty Infection |
| title | Synovial cutaneous fistula complicating a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty |
| title_full | Synovial cutaneous fistula complicating a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty |
| title_fullStr | Synovial cutaneous fistula complicating a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synovial cutaneous fistula complicating a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty |
| title_short | Synovial cutaneous fistula complicating a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty |
| title_sort | synovial cutaneous fistula complicating a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty |
| topic | Synovial cutaneous fistula Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty Infection |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193004331630005X |
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