PRIMARY SYSTEMIC AMYLOIDOSIS PRESENTING AS GIANT-CELL ARTERITIS AND POLYMYALGIA-RHEUMATICA

Authors
SALVARANI C GABRIEL SE GERTZ MA BJORNSSON J LI CY HUNDER GG
Citation
C. Salvarani et al., PRIMARY SYSTEMIC AMYLOIDOSIS PRESENTING AS GIANT-CELL ARTERITIS AND POLYMYALGIA-RHEUMATICA, Arthritis and rheumatism, 37(11), 1994, pp. 1621-1626
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Arthritis and rheumatism → ACNP
ISSN journal
00043591
Volume
37
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1621 - 1626
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-3591(1994)37:11<1621:PSAPAG>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Primary systemic amyloidosis may present with features suggesting a va sculitis, including giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumat ica (PMR). In this report, we describe the clinical characteristics, t emporal artery biopsy findings, and the response of vascular and muscu loskeletal symptoms to corticosteroid therapy in 4 patients with prima ry systemic amyloidosis who presented with manifestations of GCA or PM R.