Häuser Winfried, Perrot Serge, Sommer Claudia, Shir Yoram, Fitzcharles Mary-Ann
Department Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.
Pain Rep. 2017 Apr 30;2(3):e598. doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000598. eCollection 2017 May.
Chronic widespread pain (CWP) is the defining feature of fibromyalgia (FM), a worldwide prevalent condition. Chronic widespread pain is, however, not pathognomonic of FM, and other conditions may present similarly with CWP, requiring consideration of a differential diagnosis.
To conduct a literature search to identify medical conditions that may mimic FM and have highlighted features that may differentiate these various conditions from FM.
A comprehensive literature search from 1990 through September 2016 was conducted to identify conditions characterized by CWP.
Conditions that may mimic FM may be categorized as musculoskeletal, neurological, endocrine/metabolic, psychiatric/psychological, and medication related. Characteristics pertaining to the most commonly identified confounding diagnoses within each category are discussed; clues to enable clinical differentiation from FM are presented; and steps towards a diagnostic algorithm for mimicking conditions are presented.
Although the most likely reason for a complaint of CWP is FM, this pain complaint can be a harbinger of illness other than FM, prompting consideration of a differential diagnosis. This review should sensitize physicians to a broad spectrum of conditions that can mimic FM.
慢性广泛性疼痛(CWP)是纤维肌痛(FM)的标志性特征,这是一种在全球普遍存在的病症。然而,慢性广泛性疼痛并非FM所特有,其他病症也可能表现出类似的慢性广泛性疼痛,因此需要考虑进行鉴别诊断。
进行文献检索,以确定可能模仿FM的医学病症,并突出那些可将这些不同病症与FM区分开来的特征。
进行了一项从1990年至2016年9月的全面文献检索,以确定以慢性广泛性疼痛为特征的病症。
可能模仿FM的病症可分为肌肉骨骼、神经、内分泌/代谢、精神/心理以及药物相关几类。讨论了每类中最常见的混淆诊断的相关特征;给出了有助于与FM进行临床鉴别的线索;并提出了针对模仿病症的诊断算法步骤。
尽管主诉慢性广泛性疼痛最可能的原因是FM,但这种疼痛主诉可能是FM以外其他疾病的先兆,促使考虑进行鉴别诊断。本综述应使医生对一系列可能模仿FM的病症保持敏感。