Rhizomelic Pseudopolyarthritis

《英文msh詞典》Rhizomelic Pseudopolyarthritis
[入口詞] Rhizomelic Pseudopolyarthritis
[主題詞] Polymyalgia Rheumatica
[中文釋義] 肢根的假多關節炎
[英文釋義] A syndrome in the elderly characterized by proximal joint and muscle pain,high erythrocyte sedimentation rate,and a self-limiting course. Pain is usually accompanied by evidence of an inflammatory reaction. Women are affected twice as commonly as men and Caucasians more frequently than other groups. The condition is frequently associated with TEMPORAL ARTERITIS and some theories pose the possibility that the two diseases arise from a single etiology or even that they are the same entity.