Musculoskeletal manifestations of thyroid disease.

Allan Gibofsky, Sabeen Anwar

Journal: Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America 2011;36(4):637-46

PMID: 21092843

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Abstract

The relationship between thyroid disorders and rheumatic diseases is significant.Thyroid diseases not only emulate rheumatic disease with findings such as myopathy or arthropathy but also frequently manifest with primary rheumatologic complaints that the practitioner should be wary of, such as calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease. There is increasing recognition of the prevalence of autoimmune thyroid diseases in patients with connective tissue disorder, highlighting a common mechanism for the disease pathogenesis, which requires further inquiry.

Address: Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2010.09.001

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MeSH Terms: Comorbidity, Female, Humans, Male, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Thyroid Diseases