Reliability Exercise for the Polymyalgia Rheumatica Classification Criteria Study: The Oranjewoud Ultrasound Substudy

Is ultrasound changing the way we understand rheumatology? Including ultrasound examination in the classification criteria of polymyalgia rheumatica and gout.

Ultrasonography (US) is widely used in the diagnosis of rheumatic conditions, and its value for the classification criteria of rheumatic diseases has been recently suggested. According to the EULAR/ACR provisional criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica, adding US to the clinical and serological features will significantly improve the sensitivity of proposed criteria. The ability of high resolution...

Polymyalgia rheumatica - ClinicalKey

Polymyalgia rheumatica is a chronic, inflammatory disorder of unknown cause that affects people over age 50 years. Classic symptoms include pain and long-term morning stiffness of the neck, shoulders, hips, upper arms, and thighs. Although markers of inflammation are often raised, no specific laboratory test exists for the disorder and the diagnosis is based on clinical assessment. Provisional ...

Imaging indications in polymyalgia rheumatica

The diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), characterized by proximal pain and stiffness, is often uncertain owing to PMR mimics, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), spondyloarthritides, inf lammatory myopathies connective tissue diseases and vasculitis – all of which can present with the polymyalgic syndrome in the elderly. Inflammatory markers are often discordant with disease activity and ...

Are the New ACR/EULAR Criteria the Ultimate Answer for Polymyalgia Rheumatica Classification?

Occurrence of polymyalgia rheumatica in rheumatoid arthritis.

Polymyalgia rheumatica and rheumatoid arthritis may be difficult to differentiate in elderly patients. Polymyalgic symptoms are common in the prodromal phase of rheumatoid arthritis and, as specific diagnostic tests do not exist for either condition, criteria for diagnosis of the diseases are based largely on clinical features. I2 The presence ofsynovitis similar to rheumatoid arthritis in some...