Jaw claudication in primary amyloidosis: Unusual presentation of a rare disease

Christopher H. Churchill; Andy Abril; Murli Krishna; Mark L. Callman; William W. Ginsburg

Jaw claudication in primary amyloidosis: Unusual presentation of a rare disease

Christopher H. Churchill, Andy Abril, Murli Krishna, Mark L. Callman, William W. Ginsburg

Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

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Abstract

We describe 2 patients with temporal artery biopsy-proven amyloidosis presenting with symptoms of jaw claudication, visual disturbance, and proximal muscle stiffness suggestive of giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica. At the onset of disease, neither patient had other characteristic symptoms to suggest primary amyloid. We point out similarities between GCA and primary amyloid that can lead to confusion in diagnosis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2283-2286
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Rheumatology
Volume	30
Issue number	10
State	Published - Oct 1 2003

Keywords

Giant cell arteritis
Jaw claudication
Polymyalgia rheumatica primary amyloidosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Rheumatology
Immunology and Allergy
Immunology

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Jaw claudication in primary amyloidosis: Unusual presentation of a rare disease

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