Neck Pain from a Rheumatologic Perspective

作者：Oberstein Elana M^*; Carpintero Maria; Hopkins Aviva

来源：Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 2011, 22(3): 485-+.

DOI：10.1016/j.pmr.2011.02.009

• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
• Myositis
• Fibromyalgia

This article provides a comprehensive review of rheumatologic considerations for a clinician when evaluating a patient with neck pain. Clearly, anatomic derangements of the cervical spine should be considered when a patient complains of cervicalgia. However, one must also entertain the possibility of a systemic illness as the cause of the pain. Examples of diseases that may present with a prominent feature of neck pain are discussed, including rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, myositis, and fibromyalgia. Evidence of an underlying rheumatic illness may guide the clinician in a different therapeutic direction.

• 出版日期2011-8