Joint distension arthrography for disabling hip pain. A controlled clinical trial.

Thirty-eight patients (age 27-73 years) with unilateral hip pain, restricted movement of the hip joint and radiologically no or only slight osteoarthrosis were studied in a double-blind controlled clinical trial. Twenty-one patients received active treatment with hip joint distension arthrography and 17 received placebo treatment. All patients were assessed clinically on entry, the day after and 3 months after treatment.

Arthritis and collagenous colitis. Report of a case with concomitant chronic polyarthritis and collagenous colitis.

A 26-year-old woman simultaneously developed chronic seronegative non-destructive polyarthritis and chronic watery diarrhoea. Biopsies from the colorectal mucosa showed a thickened subepithelial collagen layer consistent with collagenous colitis. The combination of these conditions has not, to our knowledge, been described previously.

Diclofenac sodium (Voltaren) and ibuprofen in rheumatoid arthritis. A randomized double-blind study.

A double-blind, cross-over trial compared the antiinflammatory and analgesic effects as well as tolerability of diclofenac sodium (Voltaren) and ibuprofen. Twenty-four outpatients with rheumatoid arthritis were included. A single-blind placebo period was inserted between the two active treatments.