Tropical pyomyositis of the flexor digitorum superficialis with “pointing finger” sign in a child
Tropical pyomyositis (TP) of the upper limb is uncommon, especially in forearm and hand. The incidence was around 2.2% of paediatric TP. Cases reported in the literature were from pre-school and school age children. We describe a case of an 11-month-old girl with concurrent dengue fever and Staphylo...
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| author | Liew, Siew Khei Saaid, Firdati Mohamed Looi, Collin Seng Kim Arumugam, Manohar |
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| description | Tropical pyomyositis (TP) of the upper limb is uncommon, especially in forearm and hand. The incidence was around 2.2% of paediatric TP. Cases reported in the literature were from pre-school and school age children. We describe a case of an 11-month-old girl with concurrent dengue fever and Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia who presented with TP of flexor digitorum superficialis showing “pointing finger” sign of the hand. She was treated with surgical drainage and antibiotics and recovered well. This case describes a new clinical sign for tropical pyomyositis of the flexor muscles in the forearm in a young child and the challenges in making the clinical diagnosis. |
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| spelling | upm-1025122024-03-21T09:18:34Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102512/ Tropical pyomyositis of the flexor digitorum superficialis with “pointing finger” sign in a child Liew, Siew Khei Saaid, Firdati Mohamed Looi, Collin Seng Kim Arumugam, Manohar Tropical pyomyositis (TP) of the upper limb is uncommon, especially in forearm and hand. The incidence was around 2.2% of paediatric TP. Cases reported in the literature were from pre-school and school age children. We describe a case of an 11-month-old girl with concurrent dengue fever and Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia who presented with TP of flexor digitorum superficialis showing “pointing finger” sign of the hand. She was treated with surgical drainage and antibiotics and recovered well. This case describes a new clinical sign for tropical pyomyositis of the flexor muscles in the forearm in a young child and the challenges in making the clinical diagnosis. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. 2022-11 Article PeerReviewed Liew, Siew Khei and Saaid, Firdati Mohamed and Looi, Collin Seng Kim and Arumugam, Manohar (2022) Tropical pyomyositis of the flexor digitorum superficialis with “pointing finger” sign in a child. Journal of Musculoskeletal Research, 26 (3). pp. 1-5. ISSN 0218-9577; ESSN: 1793-6497 https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/epdf/10.1142/S0218957722720058 10.1142/S0218957722720058 |
| spellingShingle | Liew, Siew Khei Saaid, Firdati Mohamed Looi, Collin Seng Kim Arumugam, Manohar Tropical pyomyositis of the flexor digitorum superficialis with “pointing finger” sign in a child |
| title | Tropical pyomyositis of the flexor digitorum superficialis with “pointing finger” sign in a child |
| title_full | Tropical pyomyositis of the flexor digitorum superficialis with “pointing finger” sign in a child |
| title_fullStr | Tropical pyomyositis of the flexor digitorum superficialis with “pointing finger” sign in a child |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tropical pyomyositis of the flexor digitorum superficialis with “pointing finger” sign in a child |
| title_short | Tropical pyomyositis of the flexor digitorum superficialis with “pointing finger” sign in a child |
| title_sort | tropical pyomyositis of the flexor digitorum superficialis with “pointing finger” sign in a child |
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