Complicated History of a Shoulder in a Diabetic Adult: Staphylococcus aureus Infection Following Local Corticosteroid Infiltration in a Shoulder with an Unrecognized Parsonage–Turner Syndrome: A Case Report
Keywords:
Infection, infiltration, paralysis, Parsonage–TurnerAbstract
Painful shoulder is a common reason for consultation in adults, often presenting as degenerative pseudo-paralysis (1).
Nevertheless, etiologies are multiple, including neurological causes (1), which may result in true paralysis.
We report the case of a 67-year-old diabetic patient who developed an infection of the right shoulder following corticosteroid infiltration. Etiological investigation concluded in a Parsonage–Turner syndrome that had been mistakenly considered a degenerative disorder.
We emphasize the atypical nature of this clinical case, as no similar cases were found in the literature.
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