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. 1983 Jun;42(3):311-6.
doi: 10.1136/ard.42.3.311.

Polymyalgia rheumatica: an arthroscopic study of the shoulder joint

W A Douglas, B A Martin, J H Morris

Polymyalgia rheumatica: an arthroscopic study of the shoulder joint

W A Douglas et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 1983 Jun.

Abstract

A careful selection of 19 patients fitting the classical description of polymyalgia rheumatica have been examined by arthroscopy and thoroughly screened and followed up to exclude rheumatoid arthritis and other disease processes. Synovitis of the shoulder joint has been observed through the arthroscope in 17 and synovitis of varying degrees noted histologically, 4 of whom were studied by immunofluorescence. Five patients had radioactive joint scans.

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