Anarthritic Rheumatoid Disease

The "Unexplained" High Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

“…Clinically, a fairly confident diagnosis was made in 14 of the patients, though only eight fulfilled the criteria described earlier. This problem has been discussed by Bagratuni (1956), who described what he calls "anarthritic rheumatoid disease. "…”

Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Arteritis and Hepatic Damage

“…The clinical picture was first described by Meulengracht (23), and has been further defined and elaborated by Kersley (18), Forrestier and Certonciny (1 2), Bragatuni (6, 7, 8) Barber (2), Gordon (13) and many others. I t has been described under various names such as the myalgic syndrome of the aged with systemic reaction (18), the anarthritic rheumatoid syndrome (6,7,8) pseudo-polyarthrite rhizomklique (12) ; Barber introduced the designation polymyalgia rheurnatica, which is the one most widely employed.…”

Giant-cell Arteritis, or Arteritis of the Aged

“…Anarthritic " Rheumatism. Pains and stiffness in muscles of shoulders, arrus, back, and legs (Bagratuni, 1953(Bagratuni, , 1956Paulley, 1956 (Cooke et al, 1946;Kendall, 1953). In our series we have two examples of pain in the ear lasting a few days, with severe vertigo and sudden deafness as the presenting symptoms ; in one of these the other ear was similarly affected a few weeks later, leaving the patient stone deaf.…”