Bilateral symmetric polyarthralgia revealing Fanconi's syndrome.

We report the case of a 45-year-old woman who presented with a six-year history of diffuse polyarthralgia responsible for major disability. She reported bilateral symmetric arthralgia in nearly every joint, as well as back pain. Muscle wasting predominating in the roots of the limbs was found.

Contribution of arthroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging to the evaluation of painful knee osteoarthritis.

In knee osteoarthritis, arthroscopy provides valuable information that suggests an original approach to the disease. In combination with recent imaging study data, this information can be used to develop a novel concept of the evaluation of knee osteoarthritis. The main mechanisms responsible for flares of the disease seem to be synovitis, degenerative meniscal disease, and subchondral bone lesions.

Uveitis, an under-recognized adverse effect of pamidronate. Case report and literature review.

Ophthalmologic adverse effects of bisphosphonate therapy are infrequent and of unclear pathogenesis. The most common has been anterior uveitis, of which 18 cases have been reported. Onset was within 24 to 48 hours after infusion initiation, and both eyes were affected in most patients.

[Differential diagnosis of infective spondylodiscitis and erosive degenerative disk disease].

Purpose: To assess the value of imaging in the differential diagnosis of erosive intervertebral osteochondrosis (EIVO) versus infectious discitis (ID).

Materials And Methods: Twelve cases of EIVO and 30 cases of ID were reviewed to define the usefull signs for differential diagnosis on plain films, CT, and MR.

Results: No single sign is sufficient, but the association of several signs is suggestive of EIVO: discal vacuum phenomenom, well-defined sclerosis and erosions of vertebral endplates, high signal strip surrounding low signal of vertebral endplates on T1-weighted images.