Polymyositis, not polymyalgia rheumatica.
The distinction between polymyalgia rheumatica and polymyositis is important for treatment and prognosis. Four elderly patients were diagnosed and treated for polymyalgia: raised creatine kinase led to muscle biopsy and a diagnosis of polymyositis.
Hopkinson
N D
ND
Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex.
Shawe
D J
DJ
Gumpel
J M
JM
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000175:diagnosis*