Myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative syndromes associated with giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica: a coincidental coexistence or a causal relationship?

A variety of systemic autoimmune disorders have been reported in patients with myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative syndromes. A possible association with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis has also been recognised. We report another case of polymyalgia rheumatica and one of giant cel...

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Published inClinical rheumatology Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 309 - 313
Main Authors Espinosa, G, Font, J, Muñoz-Rodríguez, F J, Cervera, R, Ingelmo, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany Springer Nature B.V 01.08.2002
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Bone Marrow - pathology
Female
Giant Cell Arteritis - complications
Giant Cell Arteritis - pathology
Humans
Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic - complications
Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic - pathology
Male
Polymyalgia Rheumatica - complications
Polymyalgia Rheumatica - pathology
Thrombocytosis - complications
Thrombocytosis - pathology
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Summary:A variety of systemic autoimmune disorders have been reported in patients with myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative syndromes. A possible association with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis has also been recognised. We report another case of polymyalgia rheumatica and one of giant cell arteritis associated with a myelodysplastic syndrome and the two first cases of giant cell arteritis associated with essential thrombocytaemia and chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia, respectively. It seems that there is a relationship between these entities, but the nature of this association is still unknown.
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ISSN:0770-3198
1434-9949
DOI:10.1007/s100670200081