Diagnostic errors in polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis.
Incomplete clinical response or persistence of a rapid ESR despite corticosteroid treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica or temporal arteritis should always arouse suspicion and prompt a search for other diagnoses. Lumbar spinal stenosis and Pancoast's tumor are two unusual entities that can complicate or compete for the diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis.
D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010178:Pancoast Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011859:Radiography
D011241:Prednisone