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Journal Article
Polymyalgia rheumatica
2017
Overview
Polymyalgia rheumatica is an inflammatory disease that affects the shoulder, the pelvic girdles, and the neck, usually in individuals older than 50 years. Increases in acute phase reactants are typical of polymyalgia rheumatica. The disorder might present as an isolated condition or in association with giant cell arteritis. Several diseases, including inflammatory rheumatic and autoimmune diseases, infections, and malignancies can mimic polymyalgia rheumatica. Imaging techniques have identified the presence of bursitis in more than half of patients with active disease. Vascular uptake on PET scans is seen in some patients. A dose of 12·5–25·0 mg prednisolone daily or equivalent leads to rapid improvement of symptoms in most patients with isolated disease. However, relapses are common when prednisolone is tapered. Methotrexate might be used in patients who relapse. The effectiveness of biological therapies, such as anti-interleukin 6, in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica that is refractory to glucocorticoids requires further investigation. Most population-based studies indicate that mortality is not increased in patients with isolated disease.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd,Elsevier Limited
Subject
/ Bursitis
/ Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
/ Humans
/ Interleukin-6 - antagonists & inhibitors
/ Methotrexate - therapeutic use
/ Neck
/ Pain
/ Patients
/ Polymyalgia Rheumatica - diagnosis
/ Polymyalgia Rheumatica - drug therapy
/ Positron-Emission Tomography
/ Prednisolone - therapeutic use
/ Proteins
