Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a relatively frequent disease affecting individuals older than 50 years and is characterized by inflammatory involvement of the shoulder and hip girdles and the neck. Clinical manifestations are represented by pain and morning stiffness in this regions. An extensive and comprehensive assessment of the inflammatory status is crucial in PMR patients, including imaging evaluation. This narrative review reports the current available data in the literature about the role of musculoskeletal ultrasound in PMR.
Musculoskeletal ultrasound in the evaluation of polymyalgia rheumatica / Iagnocco, Annamaria; Finucci, Annacarla; Ceccarelli, Fulvia; Scirocco, Chiara; Rutigliano, Iolanda Maria. - In: MEDICAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY. - ISSN 1844-4172. - ELETTRONICO. - 17:3(2015), pp. 361-366. [10.11152/mu.2013.2066.173.aig]
Musculoskeletal ultrasound in the evaluation of polymyalgia rheumatica
IAGNOCCO, Annamaria
;FINUCCI, ANNACARLA;CECCARELLI, FULVIA;SCIROCCO, CHIARA;RUTIGLIANO, IOLANDA MARIA
2015
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Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a relatively frequent disease affecting individuals older than 50 years and is characterized by inflammatory involvement of the shoulder and hip girdles and the neck. Clinical manifestations are represented by pain and morning stiffness in this regions. An extensive and comprehensive assessment of the inflammatory status is crucial in PMR patients, including imaging evaluation. This narrative review reports the current available data in the literature about the role of musculoskeletal ultrasound in PMR.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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