Keywords Name of disease and synonyms Name of excluded diseases Diagnostic criteria/ Definition Differential diagnosis Incidence Clinical description Management Diagnosis Genetic counseling Prenatal diagnosis Unsolved questions References Abstract LGMD constitutes a group of genetically determined, progressive disorders of muscles, in which the pelvic or shoulder girdle musculature is predomina...

The objective of this retrospective study is to characterize the nature and severity of injuries of hospitalized traffic accident victims using the "Abbreviated Injury Scale" (AIS). Two-hundred and twenty such patients in a trauma reference hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil were assessed. One-hundred and eleven of them were pedestrians, eighty-three vehicular passengers and twenty-six motorcyclists...

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common disease of the elderly. It is characterized by pain and stiffness in the neck, shoulders and the pelvic girdle. In most cases erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein levels are highly elevated. Polymyalgia rheumatica is frequently associated with giant cell arteritis. Steroids are the standard treatment for PMR but their dosage requires adj...

We report the case of a 16-year-old male patient with a myopathy with proximal muscle weakness. He started tiptoeing up, at the age of 4. At 13-year-old, he began to have difficulty climbing stairs, incorporating from the ground and running, being referred to the neurologist. Physical examination showed muscle weakness of shoulder and pelvic girdle, positive Gower’s sign, lumbar lordosis, and j...

Brown tumors are rare focal giant cell lesions of the bone caused by primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT). Brown tumor was reported in 1891; it presents as the end-stage findings of HPT. Common involvements are skull and pelvic girdle. We describe a case of 46-year-old female hemodialysis patient, with secondary HPT in whom multiple masses lesions of the left maxillary sinus and frontal bone were ...

The association of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) with polymyalgia rheumatica is rare, and only one case has previously been described. This study reports on the case of an 80 yr-old male who presented with malaise, nonproductive cough and exertional dyspnoea for several weeks, along with a history of bilateral shoulder and pelvic girdle pain of several months' duration. T...

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