Abstract

GUILLEN LOPEZ, Otto Barnaby. Point of care ultrasound for the diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica in chronic seronegative polyarthritis: A case report. Rev.Colomb.Reumatol. [online]. 2022, vol.29, n.1, pp.68-73.  Epub Jan 15, 2023. ISSN 0121-8123.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcreu.2020.05.019.

Polymyalgia Rheumatica is one of the most frequent inflammatory musculoskeletal disor ders in adults over 50 years of age that can present with polyarthritis. The case is presented of a 65-year-old woman with chronic disabling severe polyarticular pain associated with polyarthritis. It was initially diagnosed as seronegative rheumatoid arthritis, in which bilateral sub-deltoid and trochanteric bursitis was demonstrated by ultrasound, along with bicipital tenosynovitis, all features of polymyalgia rheumatica. A good clinical and ultrasound response to corticosteroid treatment is also described.

Keywords : Arthritis; Diagnostic imaging; Polymyalgia rheumatic; Ultrasound.

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