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    Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2009 Apr;23(2):193-219. doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2008.11.002.

    How to perform local soft-tissue glucocorticoid injections.

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    Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. j.w.g.jacobs@umcutrecht.nl

    Abstract

    Inflammation of periarticular soft-tissue structures such as tendons, tendon sheaths, entheses, bursae, ligaments and fasciae are the hallmark of many inflammatory rheumatic diseases, but inflammation - or rather irritation - of these structures also occurs in the absence of an underlying rheumatic disease. In both these primary and secondary soft-tissue lesions, local glucocorticoid injection often is beneficial, although evidence in literature is limited. This chapter reviews local injection therapy for these lesions and for nerve compression syndromes.

    PMID:
    19393566
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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