Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Description

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History

1888 – Senile rheumatic gout – William Bruce (1835 – 1920) – Senile rheumatic gout

1936 – Secondary fibrositis

1945 – Peri-extraarticular rheumatism – Holst and Johansen

1945 – Periarthrosis humeroscapularis – Jens Einar Meulengracht (1887 – 1976)

1951 – Special arthritis of old age – Porsman

1953 – Pseudo-polyarthrite rhizomélique – Forestier and Certonciny

1953 – Anarthritic rheumatoid disease – Bagratuni

1957 – Polymyalgia rheumatica – Barber

Associated Persons

• William Bruce (1835 – 1920)
• Jens Einar Meulengracht (1887 – 1976)
• Johannes Erik Holst (1894 – 1975)

Alternative names

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Controversies

• Did they first describe or popularise or plagiarise?

References

• Bruce W. Senile Rheumatic Gout. Br Med J 1888; 2: 811-813
• Slocumb CH. Differential diagnosis of periarticular fibrositis and arthritis. J Lab Clin Med. 1936; 22: 56-63.
• Holst JE, Johansen E. A special type of rheumatic disease. Acta Med Scand. 1945; 122: 258-270.
• Meulengracht E. Humeroscapular periarthrosis with protracted fever, loss of weight and marked increase in sedimentation rate: 2 cases. Nordisk medicin. 1945: 27: 1569-1570
• Meulengracht E, Schwartz M. The course and prognosis of periarthrosis humeroscapularis with special regard to cases with general symptoms. Acta Med Scand. 1952; 143(5): 350-360
• Forestier J, Certonciny A. Pseudo-polyarthrite rhizomélique [Rhizomelic pseudo-polarythritis]. Rev Rhum Mal Osteoartic. 1953;20(12):854-862.
• Forestier J, Certonciny A. Pseudopoliartrite rizomelica [Rhizomelic pseudopolyarthritis]. Reumatismo. 1954;6(3):137-147.
• Bagratuni L. A rheumatoid syndrome occurring in the elderly. Ann Rheum Dis. 1953;12(2):98-104
• Barber HS. Myalgic syndrome with constitutional effects; polymyalgia rheumatica. Ann Rheum Dis. 1957; 16(2): 230-237.
• Leading Articles: Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Br Med J 1957; 2: 1481
• Gordon I. Polymyalgia rheumatica. A clinical study of 21 cases. Q J Med. 1960; 29: 473-488
• Mowat AG. Strathpeffer Spa: Dr William Bruce and polymyalgia rheumatica. Ann Rheum Dis. 1981;40(5):503-506
• Hunder GG. The early history of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica: first descriptions to 1970. Mayo Clin Proc. 2006;81(8):1071-1083
• Buchanan WW, Kean WF. Dr William Bruce (1835-1920), the scottish highland spa at Strathpeffer; and a possible description of polymyalgia rheumatica. J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2003; 33(Suppl 12): 29-35.
• Rooney PJ, Rooney J, Balint G, Balint P. Polymyalgia rheumatica: 125 years of epidemiological progress?. Scott Med J. 2015; 60(1): 50-57.