Ultrasound shoulder assessment of calcium pyrophosphate disease with suspected polymyalgia rheumatica.

CONCLUSIONS: Detection of CPPD is relatively frequent with suspected PMR. Adding US assessment of the AC joint to usual US screening might help the clinician better distinguish PMR from other conditions, notably CPPD. PMID: 32141428 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research