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Clinical observation: polymyalgia rheumatica
- Authors: Bychkova LV1, Kobelevskaya NV1, Vorontsova KO1, Kondratenko AI2, Overchenko TU2
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Affiliations:
- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
- City clinical hospital named after S.S. Yudin
- Issue: No 4 (2016)
- Pages: 54-59
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/medicine/article/view/14636
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Abstract
Polymyalgia rheumatica - a rare disease diagnosis is difficult in the absence of specific laboratory indicators, as well as from the similarity of the clinical picture of such diseases as bilateral humeroscapular nodosa, polymyositis, periarteritis nodosa, cancer, multiple myeloma. In some cases, with high fever, rheumatic polymyalgia necessary to differentiate from sepsis or tuberculosis; when the articular syndrome, brucellosis, toxoplasmosis, arthritis of the jaw joint, the jaw and facial neuralgia. In laboratory indicators - signs of inflammation. Quick response to treatment with prednisolone (within 2-3 days) confirms the diagnosis.
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L V Bychkova
Peoples’ Friendship University of RussiaMoscow, Russia
N V Kobelevskaya
Peoples’ Friendship University of RussiaMoscow, Russia
K O Vorontsova
Peoples’ Friendship University of RussiaMoscow, Russia
A I Kondratenko
City clinical hospital named after S.S. YudinMoscow, Russia
T U Overchenko
City clinical hospital named after S.S. YudinMoscow, Russia
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