Imaging of polymyalgia rheumatica: indications on its pathogenesis, diagnosis and prognosis

Imaging is one of the most appealing techniques to explore PMR, a disease whose causes, development mechanisms and anatomical targets of inflammatory damage are still scarcely known. This review is concerned with an appraisal of PMR with different imaging modalities with a view to highlighting possible clues to its pathogenesis, diagnosis and prognosis.A systematic literature research was performed searching PubMed until July 2010. The Cochrane...