CARPAL-TUNNEL SYNDROME HERALDING POLYMYALGIA-RHEUMATICA

Authors
HERRERA B SANMARTI R PONCE A LOPEZSOTO A MUNOZGOMEZ J
Citation
B. Herrera et al., CARPAL-TUNNEL SYNDROME HERALDING POLYMYALGIA-RHEUMATICA, Scandinavian journal of rheumatology, 26(3), 1997, pp. 222-224
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03009742
Volume
26
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
222 - 224
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-9742(1997)26:3<222:CSHP>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Presenting symptoms in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) may be atypical. W e report herein two old females who developed a bilateral carpal tunne l syndrome several months before the typical symptoms of PMR appeared. In both patients the diagnosis of PMR was overlooked and a surgical r elease of the median nerve was performed. PMR should be considered in elderly people who develop an acute or subacute carpal tunnel syndrome .