Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) — Comparison to Temporal Arteritis (Giant Cell Arteritis)
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Giant cell arteritis (a.k.a., Horton’s temporal arteritis) belongs to the vasculitis group of diseases and affects the great vessels, especially branches of the carotid arteries in the head. Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) was formerly regarded as an independent disease. Nowadays, due to shared accumulations, it is also commonly assumed that these two diseases are caused by identical pathogeneses, those of inflammatory involvement of the proximal peripheral arteries. Often, both phenomena occur simultaneously. Hence, a joint overview of both diseases follows, belonging to some of the most common rheumatologic diseases.
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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) — Comparison to Temporal Arteritis (Giant Cell Arteritis)
Giant cell arteritis (a.k.a., Horton’s temporal arteritis) belongs to the vasculitis group of diseases and affects the great vessels, especially branches of the carotid arteries in the head. Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) was formerly regarded as an independent disease. Nowadays, due to shared accumulations, it is also commonly assumed that these two diseases are caused by identical pathogeneses,...
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