Case report: Hip septic arthritis and abcess after diagnostic coronary angiography

Ayhan H., Bayram N. A., Keles T., Durmaz T., Bozkurt E.

PERFUSION-UK, cilt.25, sa.1, ss.47-49, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/0267659109359961
  • Dergi Adı: PERFUSION-UK
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.47-49
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Coronary angiography is an invasive procedure which can have some complications. Septic arthritis and abscess after coronary angiography are extremely rare. In this case, a 49-year-old-man presented to our hospital with non-ST- segment elevation myocardial infarction. After coronary angiography, he had right leg weakness, femoral palsy, inguinal pain, but there was no bleeding or hematoma. The cause was right hip septic arthritis and abscess.