Polimialgia reumática

Polymyalgia rheumatica is an inflammatory disease common in the geriatric population. The clinical profile is characterized by pain, mainly in the shoulder girdle, hip and cervical region. The diagnosis of this disease is clinical, and should be made to rule out another diseases such as late onset rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthritis. Although no standardized classification criteria have been accepted, although there are some, yet to be evaluated, provisional classification criteria that have recently been developed by the American College of Rheumatology and European League Against Rheumatism. The polymyalgia rheumatica is associated with up to 30% of patients with giant cell arteritis. The main treatment is low-dose glucocorticoids, with which patients have rapid symptomatic improvement.