A diabetic patient who was misdiagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis because of complicated musculoskeletal manifestations of diabetes is reported here. A 57 year old woman had been on sulphasalazine treatment with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis for 3 years but failed to respond. Her past medical history disclosed that she had been using metformin due to diabetes mellitus for 8 years. On physic...

Objective: To explore the therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with joint mobilization in treatment periarthritis shoulder. Methods: According to random number table method, 46 patients shoulder were randomly divided into two groups, 23 each group. Acupuncture (combination group) and alone (control used respectively. The visual analogue scale (VAS), range motion (ROM), efficacy evaluated ...

PEDRO K. BEREDJIKLIAN Presentations • Rosental TD, Beredjiklian PK, Weiland AJ: Intraand interobserver reliability of sensibility testing in normal subjects. American Society for Surgery of the Hand 54 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1999. • Bozentka DJ, Hunt TR, Beredjiklian PK: Acute calcific periarthritis of the wrist. American Association for Hand Surgery 30 Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 2000. • B...

Calcium deposits are often seen at tendon insertions around the joint and causes acute periarthritis mimicking gouty arthritis or pseudogout.1 It is reported that calcium deposition other thanmonosodium urate or calciumpyrophosphate dihydrate occurs in articular cartilages or menisci of the knee with aging or progression of osteoarthritis.2,3 However, the size of the deposit of calcium-containi...