Presentations of perforated colonic pathology in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: two case reports

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Polymyalgia rheumatica is an increasingly common disease in older people, which gives rise to arthralgia and is mainly treated with corticosteroids. Patients in this age group also have a higher incidence of other co-morbidities in...

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Main Authors: de Silva Punyanganie, Pranesh Nagarajan, Vautier Guy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-09-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/4/1/299