Clinical Pearls and Myths in Vasculitis
Clinical Pearls and Myths in Vasculitis
Clinical Pearls and Myths in Vasculitis
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Polymyalgia Rheumatica:PearlA dose of 15 mg/d of prednisone is sufficient to controlmost cases of PMRFailure of 20 mg of prednisone adm<strong>in</strong>istered <strong>in</strong> divideddoses to control the patient’s symptoms should certa<strong>in</strong>lymake one reth<strong>in</strong>k the diagnosis <strong>and</strong> consider such entitiesas GCA (which may require higher <strong>in</strong>itial corticosteroidsdoses), cancer (renal cell carc<strong>in</strong>oma, sarcoma, multiplemyeloma, <strong>and</strong> other hematopoietic malignancies), <strong>and</strong>amyloidosis