Prevalence and characteristics of giant cell arteritis in patients with newly diagnosed polymyalgia rheumatica - a prospective cohort study.

Lara C Burg Pantelis KarakostasCharlotte BehningPeter BrossartTanaz A Kermani Valentin Sebastian Schäfer

Published in: Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease (2023)

GCA was found in 46% of newly diagnosed PMR patients; 22% of the patients with PMR had asymptomatic GCA. Joint effusions were higher in the PMR-GCA-group, with significant results for the hip joint. A CRP cut-off value of ⩾26.5 mg/litre in PMR can help in the identification of subclinical GCA.

Keyphrases

newly diagnosed
giant cell
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction