Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common etiology for inflammatory arthritis in the older population, with an estimated prevalence of 2%. An older individual with inflammatory polyarthritis usually ...

Inflammatory musculoskeletal conditions may be the presenting feature in the aging population as part of a paraneoplastic picture. Rare reports of polymyalgia rheumatica (described above) and the more ...

Three times more patients treated with Kevzara achieved sustained remission compared to placebo in Phase 3 trial Kevzara now approved to treat two chronic inflammatory disorders TARRYTOWN, N.Y ...

A 64-year-old man presented to a rheumatology clinic with migratory polyarthralgias. He noted fatigue but no rash, dyspnea, chest pain, dysuria, fever, chills, or gastrointestinal symptoms.

Morgan C et al. (2007) Five-year outcome of a primary-care-based inception cohort of patients with inflammatory polyarthritis plus psoriasis. Rheumatology 46: 1819–1823 ...

Lymphoma is more than twice as likely to occur in patients with inflammatory polyarthritis than in the general population, a UK study has shown—supporting previous findings of a causal link ...

An additional challenge with late-onset disease is the prevalence of concomitant disease that may also mask inflammatory disease such as polymyalgia rheumatica, malignancy, and even osteoarthritis. In ...

A major challenge in diagnosing RA in the older population is differentiating it from polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). ... Inflammatory Polyarthritis in the Older Adult - Medscape - Sep 01, 2006.