Acute postoperative inflammatory polyarthritis associated with a lone IgM cardiolipin antibody

BMJ Case Reports
Ignatius Chua, Ali Jawad

Abstract

While the most recognised complication after joint surgery is septic arthritis, other forms of joint pathology may occur. We present a case of postoperative polyarthritis with high inflammatory markers, which responded to a course of prednisolone. The occurrence of high IgM cardiolipin antibodies that normalised with treatment suggests that this condition is a form of transient autoimmunity.

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