Prevalence of ischemic complications in patients with giant cell arteritis presenting with apparently isolated polymyalgia rheumatica

To investigate the frequency and type of giant cell arteritis (GCA)-related ischemic complications in a series of patients with GCA who, for a substantial period of time (i.e., at least 3 mo), lacked vascular symptoms and presented with apparently isolated polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR).Retrospective follow-up study of an unselected population of 167 patients with GCA diagnosed from 1985 to 2014.In all, 18 patients (11%) developed GCA on a...