Anaerobic Bacterial Coxitis and Pseudocystic Tumour in Rheumatoid Arthritis:A Case Report

Abstract

When patients with rheumatoid arthritis develop rapidly growing tumours around the hip or elbow joint, the possibility should be considered that this condition could be pseudocystic with a low virulent infection. The present report describes such a case of anaerobic bacterial coxitis with rapidly growing tumour.