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Myelodysplastic and Myeloproliferative Syndromes Associated with Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Coincidental Coexistence or a Causal Relationship?

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A variety of systemic autoimmune disorders have been reported in patients with myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative syndromes. A possible association with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis has also been recognised. We report another case of polymyalgia rheumatica and one of giant cell arteritis associated with a myelodysplastic syndrome and the two first cases of giant cell arteritis associated with essential thrombocytaemia and chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia, respectively. It seems that there is a relationship between these entities, but the nature of this association is still unknown.

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Received: 29 October 2001 / Accepted: 16 January 2002

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Espinosa, G., Font, J., Muñoz-Rodríguez, F. et al. Myelodysplastic and Myeloproliferative Syndromes Associated with Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Coincidental Coexistence or a Causal Relationship?. Clin Rheumatol 21, 309–313 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100670200081

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