BACKGROUND Both cupping therapy and acupuncture have been used in China for a long time, and their target indications are pain-related conditions. There is no systematic review comparing the effectiveness of these two therapies. OBJECTIVES To compare the beneficial effectiveness and safety between cupping therapy and acupuncture for pain-related conditions to provide evidence for clinical pra...

Acute calcinosis of the ligaments and soft tissues surrounding the knee joint is a rare pathology typically presenting with acute pain. Here we describe a 40 year old lady who presented with acute lateral knee pain which was subsequently confirmed on MRI scan to be caused by calcification within the popliteofibular ligament-arcuate complex. After failure of simple analgesia, full resolution of ...

Ulysses, also known by the Greek variant Odysseus, was a legendary king of Ithaca who fought for 10 years in Trojan war. The Odyssey, which lasted an additional ten years, relates his journey home and numerous obstacles, unexpected twists, surprises he had to affront. Inspired Homer's epic poem, Rang1Rang M. Ulysses syndrome.Can Med Assoc J. 1972; 106: 122-123PubMed Google Scholar described syn...

Background: Pts with cancer may have MD that can be caused by neoplastic/paraneoplastic disease, rheumatic diseases or induced anticancer drug treatment. There is no data about influence on the QoL of patients. The EORTC questionnaire (QLQ)-C30 a valid designed to assess different aspects (Global health (GH), Functional (FS) and symptoms (SS) scales) define patients [1]. Objectives: objective s...

Hench and Rosenberg (1944) described 34 patients with recurring episodes of arthritis and periarthritis usually lasting less than a week and named by them 'palindromio rheumatism'. The features they emphasized may be summarized as follows: (1) Recurrent attacks ofjoint pain and swelling at variable and irregular intervals lasting a few hours or a few days. (2) Any joint affected but especially ...

Objective : to describe musculoskeletal immune-mediated adverse events (iAEs) associated with the therapy of solid tumors immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs, PD-1/PD-L1 pathway). Patients and methods . 13 patients receiving ICIs iAEs were examined. The average age was 59±10 years. All cases had a histologically verified diagnosis malignant neoplasm: melanoma (n=5), kidney cancer (n=3), bladder ...

Background Immune-related adverse events (irAE) are common in cancer patients treated with checkpoint inhibitors. irAE can affect any organs and systems including musculoskeletal. The characteristics of immune-related musculoskeletal disorders (MD) still remain incomplete. Objectives to determine the MD manifested during treatment solid check-point inhibitors case series. Methods We identified ...

The American College of Rheumatology Audiovisual Aids Subcommittee is pleased to present the winners of the 2012 Annual Image Competition. Each year, the competition provides an opportunity for clinicians and other medical and research professionals to contribute to one of the preeminent image collections devoted to rheumatic diseases. For the 2012 competition, more than 200 entries were receiv...

Purpose An association between endocrine treatment-related symptoms and breast cancer recurrence has been suggested previously; however, conflicting results have been reported. We performed a meta-analysis of published studies to clarify this relationship. Methods We systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and the Cochrane database for studies investigating the association between end...