The Rheumatologist
COVID-19 NewsACR Convergence
  • Connect with us:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Feed
  • Home
  • Conditions
    • Rheumatoid Arthritis
    • SLE (Lupus)
    • Crystal Arthritis
      • Gout Resource Center
    • Spondyloarthritis
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Soft Tissue Pain
    • Scleroderma
    • Vasculitis
    • Systemic Inflammatory Syndromes
    • Guidelines
  • Resource Centers
    • Axial Spondyloarthritis Resource Center
    • Gout Resource Center
    • Psoriatic Arthritis Resource Center
    • Rheumatoid Arthritis Resource Center
    • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Resource Center
  • Drug Updates
    • Biologics & Biosimilars
    • DMARDs & Immunosuppressives
    • Topical Drugs
    • Analgesics
    • Safety
    • Pharma Co. News
  • Professional Topics
    • Ethics
    • Legal
    • Legislation & Advocacy
    • Career Development
      • Certification
      • Education & Training
    • Awards
    • Profiles
    • President’s Perspective
    • Rheuminations
    • Interprofessional Perspective
  • Practice Management
    • Billing/Coding
    • Quality Assurance/Improvement
    • Workforce
    • Facility
    • Patient Perspective
    • Electronic Health Records
    • Apps
    • Information Technology
    • From the College
    • Multimedia
      • Audio
      • Video
  • Resources
    • Issue Archives
    • ACR Convergence
      • Gout Resource Center
      • Axial Spondyloarthritis Resource Center
      • Psoriatic Arthritis
      • Abstracts
      • Meeting Reports
      • ACR Convergence Home
    • American College of Rheumatology
    • ACR ExamRheum
    • Research Reviews
    • ACR Journals
      • Arthritis & Rheumatology
      • Arthritis Care & Research
      • ACR Open Rheumatology
    • Rheumatology Image Library
    • Treatment Guidelines
    • Rheumatology Research Foundation
    • Events
  • About Us
    • Mission/Vision
    • Meet the Authors
    • Meet the Editors
    • Contribute to The Rheumatologist
    • Subscription
    • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Search
You are here: Home / Search for "palpation"

Search results for: palpation

Case Report: Sweet Syndrome as an Initial Presentation of Crohn’s Disease

July 13, 2022 • By Ryan Guerrettaz, MD, Angelo Ciliberti, MD, Rochella Ostrowski, MD, Elise Wolff, DO, Nadia Qureshi, MD, & Ramzan Shahid, MD

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, or Sweet syndrome, is an inflammatory disease that classically presents with fever, leukocytosis and tender, erythematous plaques characterized by neutrophilic infiltrates on biopsy. Sweet syndrome has been reported in association with several autoimmune diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematous, rheumatoid arthritis and sarcoidosis.1 Here, we discuss a case of… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: case report, Crohn's disease, Fellows, Sweet's syndrome

How to Avoid Cognitive Errors in Rheumatology

March 14, 2022 • By Megan Milne, MD, & Rebecca E. Sadun, MD, PhD

Stmool / shutterstock.com

The 1999 Institute of Medicine report To Err Is Human gave a sobering depiction of the magnitude and consequences of medical error.1 The report concluded that approximately 98,000 people die in hospitals annually due to preventable medical errors. Of all the errors detailed in this report, diagnostic errors have since been determined to be the… [Read More]

Filed Under: Professional Topics Tagged With: best practices, bias, cognitive errors, Errors, medical errors

Case Report: A Rare Mimic of Giant Cell Arteritis

November 14, 2021 • By Iryna Nemesh, MD, Saleema Kherani, MD MPH, Shikha Singla, MD, & William Wirostko, MD

Syphilis is a chronic sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum. The clinical manifestations of syphilis are divided into four stages: 1) the primary stage, characterized by painless mucosal or cutaneous chancre at the site of infection that resolves spontaneously; 2) the secondary stage in which a generalized maculopapular rash and condyloma… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Vasculitis Tagged With: ocular disease, syphilis

Case Report: Does a Young Woman with Gitelman Syndrome Have Gout?

June 14, 2021 • By Rebecca Lindsey Weiner, DO, & Ann K. Rosenthal, MD, FACP

Gout is the most common type of inflammatory arthritis in adults, and it typically occurs in men over the age of 50. When gout presents in younger patients or in women, this should warrant consideration of secondary causes. We describe an unusual genetic cause of tophaceous gout in a young, premenopausal woman. Case Report In… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Crystal Arthritis Tagged With: case report, Gitelman Syndrome, Gout, Gout Resource Center

Case Report: A Rare But Severe Complication of Dermatomyositis

May 13, 2021 • By Akrithi Udupa, MD, Paul McIntosh, MD, Thomas J. Cummings, MD, & Lisa Criscione-Schreiber, MD, Med

Dermatomyositis is an uncommon autoimmune condition involving skeletal muscle characterized by subacute onset of progressive weakness, intramuscular inflammatory infiltrates and the presence of myositis-specific autoantibodies.1 Immune-mediated myopathies may exert some pathogenic effects on the muscle tissue by targeting the microvasculature.1 Capillary inflammation, fragility and loss may contribute to heightened bleeding events in these patients. Here,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: case report, dermatomyositis (DM), hemorrhagic dermatomyositis

Case Report: Does She Have a Fungal Infection or Autoimmune Disease?

July 15, 2020 • By Sarah Dill, MD, & Duane Pearson, MD

Case Report: Does She Have a Fungal Infection or Autoimmune Disease?

A 61-year-old Caucasian woman with a history of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was hospitalized for a several-month history of progressively worsening left ankle pain and swelling. She had been unable to bear weight on her left leg for several days and did not notice improvement in symptoms with 20 mg of prednisone daily, which she… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Rheumatoid Arthritis Tagged With: case report, disseminated sporotrichosis, fungal, sporothrix

Ultrasound in Rheumatology—Past, Present & Future

July 15, 2020 • By Jason Liebowitz, MD

For most rheumatologists, the key elements of the physical exam—inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation—have long been second nature, but a fifth modality has grown in importance with respect to making the correct diagnosis: ultrasound. From evaluating for Doppler signal and additional findings indicative of synovitis to identifying bony erosions, chondrocalcinosis, tophi and other articular and… [Read More]

Filed Under: Education & Training, Practice Management, Technology Tagged With: diagnostic imaging, physical exam, Ultrasound

Case Report: A Patient’s Clubbing & Arthralgias Resist Diagnosis

April 15, 2020 • By Theodore Korty, DO, & Adam Grunbaum, DO

A 59-year-old woman presented to our rheumatology clinic with a six-month history of a symmetric polyarthritis. She initially experienced pain in both knees. As time progressed, she began to notice pain in her ankles, hips, shoulders, hands and feet. She experienced joint stiffness lasting for more than 30 minutes every morning. She also described worsening… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: arthralgias, Cancer, case report, clubbing, hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA)

Case Report: Ultrasound Reveals Cause of Post-Arthroplasty Knee Pain

April 15, 2020 • By Mark H. Greenberg, MD, RMSK, RhMSUS, Elijah Mitcham, MD, Prem Patel, James W. Fant Jr., MD, & Frank R. Voss, MD

Right: The same view as 2A, with the common peroneal nerve outlined in yellow with a cross-sectional area of 21 mm2.

A 65-year-old woman was referred by an orthopedist to a rheumatologist for left knee pain. Previously, in 2014, she underwent left total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for severe osteoarthritis in a different institution. Following the procedure, she experienced severe chronic anterolateral knee pain at rest, exacerbated by walking. Because she was rendered wheelchair bound and required… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Osteoarthritis Tagged With: case report, common peroneal nerve, diagnostic imaging, total knee arthroplasty, Ultrasound

JIA & the Temporomandibular Joint: Diagnostic Challenges & Treatment Options

April 10, 2020 • By Marinka Twilt, MD, MSCE, PhD, & Peter B. Stoustrup DDS, PhD

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) can affect all joints, including the temporomandibular joints (TMJs). For a long time, the TMJ was a “forgotten” joint in pediatric rheumatology, although Sir Frederick Still did comment on a small mandible in his first case series on juvenile arthritis in 1897. In recent years, more attention has been given to… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), Pediatric Rheum, Pediatric Rheumatology

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 6
  • Next Page »

Meeting Abstracts

Browse and search abstracts from the ACR Convergence and ACR/ARP Annual Meetings going back to 2012.

Visit the Abstracts site »

Simple Tasks

Learn more about the ACR’s public awareness campaign and how you can get involved. Help increase visibility of rheumatic diseases and decrease the number of people left untreated.

Visit the Simple Tasks site »

ACR Convergence

Don’t miss rheumatology’s premier scientific meeting for anyone involved in research or the delivery of rheumatologic care or services.

Visit the ACR Convergence site »

The Rheumatologist newsmagazine reports on issues and trends in the management and treatment of rheumatic diseases. The Rheumatologist reaches 11,500 rheumatologists, internists, orthopedic surgeons, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and other healthcare professionals who practice, research, or teach in the field of rheumatology.

About Us / Contact Us / Advertise / Privacy Policy / Terms of Use / Cookie Preferences

  • Connect with us:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Feed

Copyright © 2006–2023 American College of Rheumatology. All rights reserved.

ISSN 1931-3268 (print)
ISSN 1931-3209 (online)