POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA IS ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH HLA-DRB1*0401 and DRBl*0404

Is polymyalgia rheumatica caused by infectious agents?

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia associated with polymyalgia rheumatica.

The association of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) with polymyalgia rheumatica is rare, and only one case has previously been described. This study reports on the case of an 80 yr-old male who presented with malaise, nonproductive cough and exertional dyspnoea for several weeks, along with a history of bilateral shoulder and pelvic girdle pain of several months' duration. T...

A Case of Transient ACTH Deficiency Associated with Polymyalgia Rheumatica

We report a case of 79-year-old man, who was diagnosed to have transient ACTH deficiency associated with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). The patient presented with sudden onset bilateral shoulder pain, which was gradually aggravated. Plasma ACTH was undetectable, and both serum cortisol and urinary 17-OHCS were very low. Other pituitary hormones were normal, suggesting that hypothalamo-pituitary-...

Interspinous bursitis is common in polymyalgia rheumatica, but is not associated with spinal pain

INTRODUCTION Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common inflammatory disease in older people characterized by shoulder and/or pelvic girdle, and cervical and, occasionally, lumbar pain. Interspinous bursitis has been suggested as a potential cause of spinal symptoms. We evaluated, by 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography integrated with computed tomography (PET/CT), the verte...

Update on polymyalgia rheumatica.

Polymyalgia rheumatica is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology affecting individuals aged fifty years and older, mainly of Caucasian ethnicity. Polymyalgia rheumatica is associated with giant cell arteritis more frequently than expected by chance alone. In both conditions, females are affected two to three times more often than males. The clinical hallmark manifestations of polymyalgia r...