INTRODUCTION Morning stiffness is assessed daily in the diagnostic process of arthralgia and arthritis, but large-scale studies on the discriminative ability are absent. This study explored the diagnostic value of morning stiffness in 5,202 arthralgia and arthritis patients and the prognostic value in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS In arthralgia patients referred to the Early Arthri...

Results The patient was hospitalized 3 times with abdominal pain elevated CRP and fever. She was presumed to have recurrent abdominal infections and treated with antibiotics. The laboratory tests showed no increase on leukocytes counts but elevated CRP (to198mg/l), which normalized after a few days. CT-scans and 2 ultrasounds were performed, which showed signs of panniculitis of the abdominal f...

We thank Mankia et al for their interest in the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) definition of arthralgia suspicious for progression to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The authors agree with the taskforce that derivation of criteria for imminent RA is an ambitious next step and that such criteria will probably consist of a combination of clinical, serological and imaging biomarkers. In thi...

BACKGROUND Henoch-Schönlein vasculitis is the most common systemic vasculitis in children. Arthritis or arthralgia occurs in 80 % of patients. We believe this to be the first case report to describe the finding of polyarthritis in a fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan in a patient with Henoch-Schönlein vasculitis without clinical signs of arthritis. CASE PRES...

In the current issue of ONCOLOGY, Henry et al comprehensively review the current state of knowledge regarding the incidence and pathogenesis of aromatase inhibitor (AI)-associated arthralgia, and its potential implications in terms of delivering adequate, effective adjuvant therapy. It has clearly been demonstrated in several large adjuvant trials that the addition or substitution of AIs provid...