Magnetic resonance imaging in the differential diagnosis between polymyalgia rheumatica and elderly onset rheumatoid arthritis

Clin Rheumatol. 2006 May;25(3):402-3. doi: 10.1007/s10067-005-0010-7. Epub 2005 Oct 12.

Authors

Massimiliano Parodi¹, Giacomo Garlaschi, Enzo Silvestri, Marco A Cimmino

Affiliation

¹ Clinica Reumatologica, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università di Genova, 16132 Genoa, Italy.

PMID: 16220228
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0010-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use
Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / drug therapy
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / pathology*
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / physiopathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Errors*
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Hand / pathology
Hand Joints / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Ibuprofen / therapeutic use
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Methotrexate / therapeutic use
Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
Polymyalgia Rheumatica / drug therapy
Polymyalgia Rheumatica / pathology*
Polymyalgia Rheumatica / physiopathology
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Radiography
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Antirheumatic Agents
Glucocorticoids
Prednisolone
Ibuprofen
Methylprednisolone
Methotrexate