[A 81-year-old patient with physiotherapy-resistant upper limb tenderness].
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.
von Garnier
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Medizinische Poliklinik, Universitätsspital Basel. garnierc@uhbs.ch
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Daikeler
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Rafeiner
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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*