Treatment Experience with Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A report of two cases.
10.3344/kjp.2008.21.3.241
- Author:
Jang Hwan JUNG
1
;
Duck Mi YOON
;
Kyu Hyun HWANG
;
Kyung Bong YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yoonkor@chol.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
morning stiffness;
pain;
polymyalgia rheumatica
- MeSH:
Blood Sedimentation;
Pain Clinics;
Pelvic Girdle Pain;
Polymyalgia Rheumatica;
Prednisolone;
Rare Diseases;
Shoulder
- From:The Korean Journal of Pain
2008;21(3):241-243
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Polymyalgia rheumatica is characterized by bilateral shoulder or pelvic girdle pain, morning stiffness of greater than 45 minutes' duration, constitutional symptoms, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and a rapid response to prednisolone (< or = 20 mg/day). Although it is not a rare disease, many cases might be neglected and treated inappropriately in pain clinics. We describe here two cases of polymyalgia rheumatica that was neglected and treated inappropriately.
