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Internal Medicine • Rheumatology • Giant cell arteritis • Vasculitis • RS3PE • PMR • Polymyalgia rheumatica • GCA
Do you monitor RS3PE patients for GCA with the same vigilance that you do in PMR patients?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I don't think there has ever been a confirmed case of GCA in someone with RS3PE. In this way, RS3PE is more similar to seronegative RA than PMR. However, it is possible that some patients with RS3PE may have overlapping features with cases of PMR, such as describing shoulder and hip girdle stiffness...
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