Archive for April, 2010
Ultrasonographic monitoring of response to therapy in polymyalgia rheumatica
Immune-Related and Inflammatory Conditions and Risk of Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma or Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Images in vascular medicine: Isolated lower extremity vasculitis in a patient with polymyalgia rheumatica
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Related PostsPeripheral arterial disease in polymyalgia rheumaticaPatients with polymyalgia rheumatica have been shown to have an increased risk of peripheral arteria…Case report Dissecting aortic aneurysm of a patient with suspected polymyalgia rheumaticaA 62-year old patient was admitted to the rheumatology ward because of weakness, easy fatigue, fever…A case of […]Changes in adiponectin and leptin concentrations during glucocorticoid treatment: a pilot study in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica
This study is concerned with an evaluation of the effects of glucocorticoids (GC) on adiponectin and leptin concentrations in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). Seven patients diagnosed with PMR were studied at baseline and after one and three months of prednisone treatment. Serum leptin and adiponectin, serum glucose and insulin, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, […]
Case report Dissecting aortic aneurysm of a patient with suspected polymyalgia rheumatica
A 62-year old patient was admitted to the rheumatology ward because of weakness, easy fatigue, fever, pain of the shoulder and pelvic girdle not improving after NSAIDs. Considering the patient’s examination and additional findings, polymyalgia rheumatica was suspected. The patient received corticosteroids, after which he felt better and a decrease of ESR was noticeable. Next […]
More Night Than Day - Circadian Rhythms in Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Ankylosing Spondylitis - REVIEW.
Authors: Spies CM, Cutolo M, Straub RH, Burmester GR, Buttgereit F
The circadian rhythm of symptoms in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases is well known. Circadian rhythms could be used to identify targets for time-adapted antiinflammatory therapies, which are administered prior to the flare of cytokine synthesis and inflammatory activity. In recent […]