Cortisone shots

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Why it's done

By Mayo Clinic staff

Cortisone shots may be part of treatment for a number of diseases and conditions, including:

  • Baker's cyst
  • Bursitis
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Chondromalacia patella
  • De Quervain's tenosynovitis
  • Frozen shoulder
  • Gout
  • Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
  • Lupus
  • Morton's neuroma
  • Myofascial pain syndrome
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Plantar fasciitis
  • Pseudogout
  • Psoriatic arthritis
  • Reactive arthritis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Rotator cuff injury
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Tendinitis
  • Tennis elbow
Risks Definition
References
  1. Intraarticular and soft tissue injections: What agent(s) to inject and how frequently? http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Sept. 9, 2010.
  2. Wise CM. Arthrocentesis and injection of joints and soft tissue. In: Firestein GS, et al. Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: W.B. Saunders; 2008. http://www.mdconsult.com/das/book/body/217997889-3/1050729258/1807/345.html. Accessed Sept. 9, 2010.
  3. Schumacher HR, et al. Joint injection/aspiration. American College of Rheumatology. http://www.rheumatology.org/practice/clinical/patients/diseases_and_conditions/jointinjection.asp. Accessed Sept. 9, 2010.
  4. Roberts WN, et al. Joint aspiration or injection in adults: Complications. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Sept. 9, 2010.
  5. Baker RM. Epidural steroid injections. North American Spine Society. http://www.knowyourback.org/Pages/Treatments/InjectionTreatments/ES_Injections.aspx. Accessed Sept. 9, 2010.
  6. DiMicco R. Lumbar zygapophysial (facet) joint injections. North American Spine Association. http://www.knowyourback.org/Pages/Treatments/InjectionTreatments/LZJ_Injections.aspx. Accessed Sept. 9, 2010.
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