2002
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.69.2.143
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Tired, aching, ANA-positive: does your patient have lupus or fibromyalgia?

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“…The data confirmed a well-known observation that older -and in particular female -patients tend to have higher ANA titres than younger and male patients [5].…”
Section: Methods and Resultssupporting
confidence: 89%
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“…The data confirmed a well-known observation that older -and in particular female -patients tend to have higher ANA titres than younger and male patients [5].…”
Section: Methods and Resultssupporting
confidence: 89%
“…This observation is in line with reports that a high ANA titre (defined as 1:640 or higher) does not readily predispose to systemic lupus erythematosus and that the pre-test probability of systemic lupus erythematosus on history and physical examination is vital in interpreting the test results [4,5]. Although a certain percentage of healthy persons with positive antinuclear antibodies and other autoantibodies, that appear in a distinct time course, do finally develop systemic lupus erythematosus, this information has so far no therapeutic or prophylactic consequences [6,7].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Gelegentlich stellt für den Nicht-Rheumatologen ein falsch positiver Rheumafaktor, wie er gerade im höheren Lebensalter bei fünf bis zehn Prozent der Gesamtbevölkerung gefunden wird, einen Fallstrick dar. Nicht selten werden auch -meist gering -erhöhte antinukleäre Antikörper gefunden (2). Diese suggerieren im Zusammenhang mit Arthralgien und organbezogenen Schmerzen sowie Sensibilitätsstörungen leicht eine undifferenzierte bzw.…”
Section: Fehldiagnose Entzündlich-rheumatischer Erkrankungenunclassified
“…Patients with RAF and patients with other autoimmune inflammatory disease and concurrent FM may be misdiagnosed and, more important, their therapies may be mistargeted. Keeping in mind that both rheumatoid factor (RF) and antinuclear antibody tests are prevalently false-positive in elderly patients 5 , the appropriate diagnosis is of vital importance regarding the choice of effective and safe therapies.…”
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“…Unfortunately, cursory clinical examination with an extensive battery of diagnostic testing has replaced proper clinical examinations. Clinicians who are comfortable with the diagnosis of FM, who perform thorough history-taking and clinical examination including the pain threshold estimation (tender point examination), and interpret laboratory tests with caution, are more likely to avoid diagnostic errors 5 . Plain radiographs of hands and feet should be monitored, and in the RAF patient group newer imaging tools like power Doppler ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, limited by their availability, may also be helpful to show whether pain is due to synovial inflammation.…”
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