[Polymyalgia arteriitica].
A description of the polymyalgia arteriitica is presented: preference of beginning in higher age, leading symptom being muscular pain at the back of the neck, around the shoulders, the upper arms, the buttocks and thighs as well as the visibly augmented erythrocyte sedimentation rate. The arteriitic manifestation being considered, the necessity of adequate corticosteroid therapy is accentuated. Prognosis depends on both factors, localization of the arteriitis and efficient corticosteroid treatment.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005132:Eye Manifestations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012877:Skin Manifestations
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Polymyalgia arteriitica.