Clinical rheumatology
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Clinical rheumatology · Nov 2005
Fibromyalgia and headache: an epidemiological study supporting migraine as part of the fibromyalgia syndrome.
Fibromyalgia is defined by widespread body pain, tenderness to palpation of tender point areas, and constitutional symptoms. The literature reports headache in about half of fibromyalgia patients. The current epidemiological study was designed to determine the prevalence and characteristics of headache in fibromyalgia patients. ⋯ General measures of pain, pain-related disability, sleep quality, and psychological distress were similar in fibromyalgia patients with and without headache. Therefore, fibromyalgia patients with headache do not appear to represent a significantly different subgroup compared to fibromyalgia patients without headache. The high prevalence and significant impact associated with chronic headache in fibromyalgia patients, however, warrants inclusion of a headache assessment as part of the routine evaluation of fibromyalgia patients.
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Clinical rheumatology · Nov 2005
Letter Case ReportsSplenic infarction in a pregnant woman with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Here we describe a 20-year-old pregnant woman with systemic lupus erythematosus who had high anticardiolipin antibodies and presented with splenic infarction.
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Clinical rheumatology · Nov 2005
Case ReportsMagnetic resonance imaging findings in a case of remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema.
We describe a case of remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE syndrome) in a 66-year-old man. This report discusses magnetic resonance imaging findings of RS3PE syndrome and the changes after steroid therapy.