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Acute arthritis as an unusual complication of malignancy
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia. zissiadisy@hotmail.com
Australasian Radiology
|December 5, 2000
Abstract:
A 59-year-old man presented with an inability to weight-bear due to an acute, red, hot, swollen knee joint which was subsequently found to be due to a malignant joint effusion consequent to colonic carcinoma. Treatment with radiation therapy relieved his symptoms. A review of the literature reveals that malignant joint effusion is rare and this is only the third reported case secondary to colonic carcinoma.