A 70-year-old man presented with pain in his shoulders, low back, and thighs for 1
year. He had difficulties when changing clothes, taking a bath, and getting out of
bed because all these body movements aggravated the pain. He also experienced morning
stiffness for 1 hour. Although his weight decreased by 5 kg because of loss of appetite,
he denied any nausea, diarrhea, depressed mood, fever, headache, visual disturbance,
or jaw claudication. His medical history included diabetes mellitus with maintained
hemoglobin A1c levels of <7% and dyslipidemia, for which he was taking 50 mg sitagliptin,
0.5 mg glimepiride, 750 mg metformin, and 2.5 mg rosuvastatin daily.
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Published online: February 21, 2018
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Funding: None.
Conflicts of Interest: None.
Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing this manuscript.
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