ILIOPSOAS TENDINITIS ACCOMPANIED WITH WORSENING OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Dr. Takatomo Mine, Ryutaro Kozuma, Koichiro Ihara, Hiroyuki Kawamura, Ryutaro Kuriyama, Ryo Date
ABSTRACT
There have been several reports concerning hip conditions in RA patients accompanied by iliopsoas bursitis. However, there have yet to be any reports of iliopsoas tendinitis without bursitis in RA patients. In RA patients, the inflammation occurs not only in joint synovium, but also in tenosynovium and bursae. We report a case of iliopsoas tendinitis accompanied by worsening of rheumatoid arthritis.
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