Polimialgia reumática: otra causa de dolor en el anciano

Pain is an usual cause of demand for Primary Health Care often associated with high prevalence of degenerative processes such as arthrosis. There are other diseases with muscular pain like polymyalgia rheumatica that can be confused with those conditions. In the following article we are going to present the case of an elderly patient diagnosed of arthrosis of vertebral joints and osteoporosis in treatment that debuted with polymyalgia rheumatica. With this article we aim to enhance the importance of making a differential and precocious diagnosis and the early detection of giant cell arteritis or temporal arteritis, which may be associated with polymyalgia rheumatica, establishing the adequate treatment and early detection of possible complications. We comment some aspects on polymyalgia rheumatica evolution, control and follow-up.