Peripheral neuropathies associated with rheumatoid synovial cysts of the elbow joint: Three case reports

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 287-290

  Muramatsu, Keiichi ^a,b   Kojima, Takanori ^a   Yoshida, Koji ^a   Miyoshi, Tomoyuki ^a   Taguchi, Toshihiko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elbow; Geode; Neuropathy; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovial cyst

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NERVE PALSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVIAL CYST; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS; X RAY PICTURE;

AGED; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SYNOVIAL CYST;

EID: 33845507843     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000249895.06942.30     Document Type: Article

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