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3288173

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-7-7
pubmed:abstractText
Primary fibromyalgia syndrome (PFS) is a common form of nonarticular rheumatism with diffuse musculoskeletal aching and stiffness at multiple sites and tender points at characteristic locations. Nonmusculoskeletal "systemic" symptoms, eg, fatigue, poor sleep, irritable bowel symptoms, and chronic headaches, are also common. Although PFS is similar to myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) in that both conditions cause muscle pain and tenderness, important differences exist. Unlike PFS, muscle pain in MPS is usually local or regional, accompanied by trigger points. Unlike tender points, trigger points produce a referral pain pattern specific to each muscle. Moreover, "systemic" features of PFS are usually absent in MPS. Common and important pathologic changes in muscle in PFS are moth-eaten appearance of Type I fiber by histochemistry, and myofibrillar lysis with glycogen and mitochondria deposition by electron microscopy; inflammatory changes are absent by light microscopy. Recent investigations have shown that PFS is a characteristic clinical entity. Further controlled studies are, however, essential to establish the pathologic changes in tender muscles in PFS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0003-9993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
451-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary fibromyalgia syndrome and myofascial pain syndrome: clinical features and muscle pathology.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, 61605.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review