Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory joint disease in patients over 50 years of
age with pain and prolonged morning stiffness in the shoulder and hip girdles and neck. The …

Imaging has recently been acknowledged as at least equivalent to histology for confirming
large-vessel vasculitis in the recommendations of scientific societies. Many studies have …

Objectives To explore current management practices for PMR by general practitioners (GPs)
and rheumatologists including implications for clinical trial recruitment. Methods An English …

Objectives To investigate the proportion and distribution of contrast enhancement (CE) of
musculoskeletal structures with MRI of the thorax/abdomen/pelvis in giant cell arteritis …

PMR is an inflammatory rheumatic disease of elderly people characterized by pain and
stiffness in the neck, shoulder and pelvic girdles. No specific diagnostic confirmatory tests …

Background This study assessed inflammatory changes using ultrasound (US) and
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients taking tocilizumab for polymyalgia …

Objective There is currently no diagnostic test for PMR. A characteristic pattern of
extracapsular inflammation as assessed by contrast-enhanced MRI (ceMRI) has recently …

Objective. To assess the prevalence of myofascial inflammatory lesions visible by magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) and their changes after tocilizumab (TCZ) therapy in active …

Objective. To identify inflammatory pelvic structures of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica
(PMR) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detail, searching for a disease-specific …

Objective Recent studies suggest that the knee is frequently involved in PMR. In this study,
we aimed to determine whether the US assessment of the shoulder and knee discriminates …