"Polymyalgia arteritica". Further clinical and histopathological studies with a report of six autopsy cases.

During thelast fewyearsanincreasing amountof evidence hasaccumulated, indicating thatthewelldefined clinical syndrome ofpolymyalgia rheumatica orpolymyalgia arteritica isa manifestationofa generalized giant cell arteritis (Kogstad, 1965; Dixon, Beardwell, Kay,Wanka,andWong, 1966;Bruk,1967;Wilskeand Healey, 1967), although criticism ofthis concept hasalsoappeared (Gordon, Rennie, andBranwood, 1964; Andrews, 1965). Inprevious reports we presented...