Musculoskeletal ultrasound in the evaluation of Polymyalgia Rheumatica.
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.
Rheumatology Unit, Dipartimento Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy. annamaria.iagnocco@uniroma1.it.
Annamaria
A
Iagnocco
Rheumatology Unit, Dipartimento Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Annacarla
A
Finucci
Rheumatology Unit, Dipartimento Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Fulvia
F
Ceccarelli
Rheumatology Unit, Dipartimento Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Chiara
C
Scirocco
Rheumatology Unit, Dipartimento Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Iolanda Maria
IM
Rutigliano
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography