Continuing Medical Education: Polymyalgia Rheumatica.
Edited By: Gregory C. Gardner, M.D.
Last updated Friday, January 07, 2005
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HistoryHistory Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) was first described by Bruce (1) in
1888 when he reported on five senior patients with a proximal muscular
syndrome he called "senile rheumatic gout."
The syndrome next appeared under the name "humeroscapular
periarthrosis" in 1945 and later "anarthritic rheumatoid arthritis."
This later term was coined by Bagratuni (2) because he felt that such
patients had a forme fruste of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Two of the 50
patients he reported went on to develop RA and 8 others had transient
swelling of various joints. He felt that the term anarthritic
rheumatoid arthritis was more appropriate than "polymyalgia rheumatica"
coined by Barber (3) in 1957. Finally, Healey (4) has furthered the
concept of PMR as a systemic articular disease by describing variant
forms of PMR which he calls benign synovitis and will be discussed
below. Surgery for arthritis at the University of Washington, Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Seattle, Washington If you are interested in making an appointment to discuss this procedure in Seattle, you can request an appointment using our online referrals website. To request a referral online, please click here. You can also call 206-598-4288 to make an appointment. Our clinical center is located in Seattle Washington, USA
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