A 68-year-old man was referred to us with glucocorticoidresistant polyarthralgia. Three months before presentation, he received a tentative diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica and was treated with prednisolone (10 mg/day) by an orthopedic surgeon. The findings for rheumatoid factor and anticitrullinated peptide antibody were negative. After his polyarthralgia improved, the prednisolone was grad...

Purpose To report the case of a patient who presented with a vasculitic central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), which was the result of an undiagnosed systemic inflammatory condition, seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Observations The patient presented with reduced vision in the left eye and polyarthralgia. Fundoscopic examination revealed a central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) with con...

This is a case report on a young patient with severe osteoporosis that was initially revealed when she presented with polyarthralgia during her second pregnancy. Postpartum, the pain increased and her X-ray did not show any abnormalities. A bone scintigraphy was performed. It indicated an inflammatory rheumatic disorder. Six months after partum, an investigation of right coxalgia revealed a spo...

Gout typically affects the 1st metatarsophalangeal joint. Spinal gout is rarely reported. Moreover, involvement of extensive spines is remarkably unusual. We describe a case of a 76-year-old woman with gout involving cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spines and sacroiliac joint. She presented with fever, severe back pain, and polyarthralgia and had multiple tophi on both elbows and the left 2nd an...