Pyogenic arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum and acne syndrome was diagnosed in a 42-year-old patient, after an unusual persistency of high synovial cell counts had been noticed. Clinical peculiarities and problems with diagnosing septic versus non-septic arthritis are discussed.
Keywords: Acne; Anakinra; Arthritis; Autoinflammatory; Canakinumab; Corticosteroids; Exercise induced; Il-1 blocking; PAPA syndrome; PSTPIP1; Pyoderma gangrenosum; Pyogenic; Septic; Synovial fluid cell counts; TNF alpha blocking.