Is osteomyelitis Commonly Associated With Septic Arthritis of the Shoulder in Children?
Septic arthritis of the shoulder in children is commonly associated with adjacent osteomyelitis. Pediatric septic arthritis of the shoulder due to MRSA bacteria can have a more virulent course than other bacterial causes, but is a less commonly identified organism in the youngest patients.
Our data suggest that the expression of COX-2 correlates with VEGF-C expression and both of them correlate with the presence of lymphatic invasion and prognosis in gastric cancer. COX-2-mediated VEGF-C overexpression might promote lymphatic invasion via lymphangiogenesis pathway in patients with gastric cancer.