Rheumatism and Arthritis: Review of American and English Literature of Recent Years: (Sixteenth Rheumatism Review)

Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Giant‐cell Arteritis and Blindness: A Review and Case Report

“…Polymyalgia rheumatica is a chronic disease of two to four years' duration which occurs in older people, especially women, and is characterized by muscular pain predominantly of the girdle area, malaise, slight fever, sweating, and elevation of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate. The syndrome, frequently reported in European literature, has been described under the names of anarthritic rheumatoid disease, periarthrosis humeroscapularis, periextra‐articular rheumatism, myalgic syndrome of the aged with systemic reaction, pseudopolyarthrite rhizomélique, and giant‐cell arteritis of the aged (1, 2).…”

“…On January 15, 1965, a left temporal artery biopsy was performed and showed giant‐cell arteritis with mononuclear infiltration but no necrosis (Fig. 1) 2 .…”