'Polymyalgia Rheumatica News' Category
Increased muscle interstitial levels of inflammatory cytokines in polymyalgia rheumatica
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Candidate PMR Criteria Are a Work in Progress
ROME — Candidate international consensus criteria for diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica performed well in their first large prospective validation study. But there’s room for further improvement with tweaking of the criteria, according to Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta, the project leader. (Source: Rheumatology News)MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network, and receive $5 free advertising.
Related […]Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Steroids and Beyond: Lower doses of prednisone and a greater use of biologics are on the PMR treatment horizon.
ROME — A newly launched clinical trial is examining whether adrenal insufficiency contributes to the pathology of polymyalgia rheumatica. If the study yields data to support the adrenal insufficiency hypothesis, it’s quite possible that doses lower than the currently recommended 15-20 mg/day would achieve equal disease control with fewer steroid side effects, according to […]
Lack of Steroid Response Flags Biopsy Candidates in PMR
ROME — Polymyalgia rheumatica may be the presenting manifestation of silent giant cell arteritis, and therein lies a diagnostic dilemma: Which patients need a temporal artery biopsy? (Source: Rheumatology News)
Related PostsLack of Association Between STAT4 Gene Polymorphism and Biopsy-proven Giant Cell Arteritis.CONCLUSION: Our results do not support a major role of the STAT4 rs7574865 gene […]Ultrasonography in early assessment of elderly patients with polymyalgic symptoms: a role in predicting diagnostic outcome?
Conclusions: US and PDUS can be useful in distinguishing, at onset of disease, pure PMR from other diseases mimicking this condition.
PMID: 20653466 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology)MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network, and receive $5 free advertising.
Related PostsSmall-vessel vasculitis surrounding an uninflamed […]Insulin sensitivity and related cytokines, chemokines, and adipokines in polymyalgia rheumatica.
Conclusion: IS is decreased in PMR, probably reflecting abnormal cytokine and adipokine levels. Treatment with prednisolone improves IS along with normalization of cytokine and adipokine levels and physical activity.
PMID: 20615159 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology)MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network, and receive […]A case of apoplectic lymphocytic hypophysitis complicated by polymyalgia rheumatica
Abstract A case of apoplectic lymphocytic hypophysitis complicated by polymyalgia rheumatica (PMA) is described. A 72-year-old man
was admitted to our hospital due to severe headache. Two months prior to admission, the patients had exhibited recent-onset
stiffness and myalgia of shoulder and pelvic girdle that was compatible with PMR. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mass
lesion […]Lack of association of high body mass index with risk for developing polymyalgia rheumatica
Conclusion: Patients with high BMI ([ge] 25 kg/m2) are not more likely to develop PMR. BMI did not influence the duration of glucocorticoid therapy or the occurrence of GCA in patients with PMR. (Source: APLAR Journal of Rheumatology)MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network, and receive $5 free advertising.
Related PostsLack of Association Between […]Cancer risk in patients hospitalized with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis: a follow-up study in Sweden
Conclusions. Patients hospitalized for PMR and GCA had a marginally increased risk of cancer, with the highest risk noted for the first year after hospitalization. However, for specific cancers, such as skin cancer and leukaemia, the increases were still significant for patients diagnosed later than 1 year after hospitalization, suggesting that these could be true […]