Polymyalgia Rheumatica Therapy
Data on polymyalgia rheumatica therapy described by researchers at Nagasaki Medical Center, Department of General Internal Medicine
Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, December 24th, 2007
Data detailed in 'Acute dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm in a patient with polymyalgia rheumatica' have been presented. "Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are closely related disorders found in older patients, and vasculitis has been proposed as a part of the pathogenesis of PMR. We describe a female patient with PMR plus aortitis, both of which were well controlled on maintenance steroid therapy," researchers in Nagasaki, Japan report.
"Six months after the onset of her condition, however, she suddenly presented with chest pain. A diagnosis of dissecting aortic aneurysm was confirmed, and the aorta was successfully resected. Histology...
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