Bilateral septic arthritis with rapid progressive destruction of the femoral head after joint injection in rheumatoid arthritis

Zusammenfassung

This report is on a 61-year-old patient with steroid therapy for rheumatoid arthritis and pain in the groin on both sides who got injections with hyaluronic acid in both hip joints. After 12 weeks the X-ray of the pelvis showed rapid progressive destruction of both hip joints.