Leg Pain From Periostitis as the First Clinical Manifestation of Large‐Vessel Vasculitis: A Case Report
We report a case of a 47‐year‐old woman with isolated periostitis of the lower leg as a first manifestation of large‐vessel vasculitis. The diagnosis was first suspected when a second magnetic resonance imaging of the lower leg approximately 4 months after onset of shin pain showed edema near intram...
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| Published in: | PM & R Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 222 - 226 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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01-02-2018
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| Summary: | We report a case of a 47‐year‐old woman with isolated periostitis of the lower leg as a first manifestation of large‐vessel vasculitis. The diagnosis was first suspected when a second magnetic resonance imaging of the lower leg approximately 4 months after onset of shin pain showed edema near intramuscular vessels. Isolated periostitis is a very rare skeletal manifestation of systemic vasculitis and easily could be misdiagnosed. This case demonstrates that maintaining a broad differential diagnosis for a common presenting complaint such as localized leg pain is imperative.
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| Bibliography: | Disclosure: nothing to disclose ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1934-1482 1934-1563 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.pmrj.2017.06.020 |