Comparative Effectiveness of Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy and Ultrasound-Guided Local Corticosteroid Injection Treatment for Plantar Fasciitis.

Background: We compared the long-term clinical and ultrasonographic effects of radial extracorporeal shockwave therapy (rESWT) versus ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection treatment in patients with plantar fasciitis unresponsive to conservative therapy.

Methods: Seventy-two patients with unilateral plantar fasciitis were randomized to receive either rESWT (three times once per week) (n = 36) or corticosteroid treatment (a single 1-mL dose of betamethasone sodium plus 0.5 mL of prilocaine under ultrasound guidance by injection into the plantar fascia) (n = 36).

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: A Pilot Study.

Objective: To investigate the clinical effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) in patients with secondary lymphedema after breast cancer treatment.

Design: Prospective clinical pilot study.

Setting: Education and research hospital.

Palmoplantar pustular psoriasis induced by adalimumab: a case report and literature review.

TNF-α inhibitors (anti-TNF-α) are agents increasingly used in the treatment of rheumatic diseases resistant to classical disease-modifying treatment and they provide significant improvement of disease activity. However, these agents have many cutaneous side effects including psoriasis. Numerous reports of the induction or worsening of psoriasis in patients treated with TNF antagonists indicate that this is not a rare phenomenon.