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Updated: Nov 23 2024

Polymyalgia Rheumatica

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  • Snapshot
    • A 60-year-old woman presents to her physician's office for headache and muscle weakness. She reports that she usually never has headaches but recently started experiencing headaches in the morning about 2 weeks ago. She also reports feeling very weak and tired in the mornings and cannot even raise her arms to brush her hair. Physical exam shows that she has normal strength and normal range of movement. She is sent for further laboratory workup for inflammatory disease.
  • Complications
    • Blindness caused by giant cell arteritis
  • Prognosis
    • ~50% of patients experience relapse
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Rheumatology | Polymyalgia Rheumatica
  • Rheumatology
  • - Polymyalgia Rheumatica
12:18 min
2/21/2022
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