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In the case of shoulder pain, the following etiologies should be considered primarily: Polymyalgia rheumatica (CS 52), most bilateral aching in shoulder and/or pelvic girdle (among patients over 50 years of age) Tendomyosis (muscle strain of the noninflammatory origin) → Chap. 3.4 Articular cause: Inflammatory shoulder pain (cervical arthritis, shoulder arthritis in RA, AS/Fig. 60/, crystal arthropathy, can involve the glenohumeral, sternoclavicular, or acromioclavicular joints) Degenerative arthritis or OA (Arthrosis acromioclavicularis, subacromial impingement with degenerative tendopathy)
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Imboden JB, Hellmann DB, Stone JH. Current Rheumatology Diagnosis and Treatment. 2nd ed. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill; 2007.
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Benenson, E. (2011). Regional Arthrological and Musculoskeletal Syndromes. In: Rheumatology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-462-3_4
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