Polymyalgia rheumatica--an underdiagnosed disease.
Characteristic features of polymyalgia rheumatica, a widely underdiagnosed disease, are described. The features of the disease are illustrated by the authors' own experience in the treated patients, and compared with literature data. According to the authors' experience, patients with polymyalgia rheumatica are mostly treated for inaccurate diagnoses such as cervicobrachial or lumbosacral syndrome, seronegative rheumatoid arthritis, unexplained febrile state, or precipitated erythrocyte sedimentation rate of unknown etiology. This results is delayed diagnosis or the accurate diagnosis is never reached at all.
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Department of Medicine, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital, Vinogradska c. 29, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Vukicević-Baudoin
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D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy