Prevalence and characteristics of subclinical giant cell arteritis in polymyalgia rheumatica.

Eugenio de MiguelPierluigi MacchioniEdoardo ConticiniCorrado CampochiaroRositsa KaralilovaSara MontiCristina PonteGiulia KlinowskiIrene Monjo-HenryPaolo FalsettiZguro BatalovAlessandro TomelleriAlojzija Hocevar

Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2023)

More than a fifth of the pure PMR patients had ultrasound findings consistent with subclinical GCA. This specific subset of patients showed a predilection for extracranial artery involvement. The optimal screening strategy to assess the presence of vasculitis in PMR remains to be determined.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
giant cell
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
magnetic resonance imaging
prognostic factors
computed tomography
patient reported outcomes
patient reported