title: [A 81-year-old patient with physiotherapy-resistant upper limb tenderness].
abstract: A 81-year-old patient with a six month history of upper extremity tenderness, most likely due to an atypical presentation of a polymyalgia rheumatica, responded well to a course of systemic steroids. A good clinical assessment is of primary importance to distinguish polymyalgia rheumatica from giant cell arteritis and other possible differential diagnoses, and constitutes the basis of a controlled therapy with steroids.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Poliklinik, Universitätsspital Basel. garnierc@uhbs.ch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: von Garnier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bär
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Daikeler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rafeiner
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001132:Arm; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000009:adverse effects; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000175:diagnosis*