CHAPTER FIVE

Severe pain of rapid onset in a red swollen joint suggests . acute septic arthritis . or . crystalline arthritis (gout; CPPD). 6,7 . In children, consider . osteomyelitis . in a bone contiguous to a joint. Extra-articular pain occurs in inflammation of bursae (bursitis), tendons (tendinitis), or tendon sheaths (tenosynovitis) as well as in ... ................
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