Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Authors: KENNETH R. WILSKE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Article1 January 1967Polymyalgia RheumaticaA Manifestation of Systemic Giant-cell ArteritisKENNETH R. WILSKE, M.D., L. A. HEALEY, M.D.KENNETH R. WILSKE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, L. A. HEALEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-1-77 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1888, Bruce (1), a Scottish physician, described five elderly patients who suffered from widespread muscle pain. He named the disease "senile rheumatic gout," while recognizing the significant difference between gout and rheumatoid arthritis. Since that time, numerous English and European investigators have reported elderly patients suffering from an illness characterized by severe muscle pain. This entity has been given a variety of names, including "myalgic syndrome of the aged with systemic reaction" (2), "senile arthritis" (3), "anarthritic rheumatoid disease" (4), "periarthrosis humeroscapularis" (5), "pseudopolyarthrite rhizomelique" (6), and more recently, "polymyalgia rheumatica" (7).These reports describe an illness that may...References1. BRUCEGORDON WI: Polymyalgia rheumatica. A clinical study of 21 cases. Quart. J. Med. 29: 473, 1960. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. KERSLEYANDREWS GDFM: Polymyalgia rheumatica: a biopsy and followup study. Ann. Rheum. Dis. 24: 432, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. ALESTIGBARR KJ: Giant cell arteritis: a biopsy study of polymyalgia rheumatica, including one case of Takayasu's disease. Lancet 1: 1228, 1963. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. BAGRATUNI L: A rheumatoid syndrome occurring in the elderly. Ann. Rheum. Dis. 12: 98, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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Further clinical and histopathological studies with a report of six autopsy cases.NECROTIZING VASCULITIS WITHOUT VISCERAL INVOLVEMENT 1 January 1967Volume 66, Issue 1Page: 77-86KeywordsAnemiaArthritisCorticosteroid therapyElderlyGoutMyalgiaPolymyalgia rheumaticaRheumatoid arthritisSystemic diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1967 PDF downloadLoading ...