A 50-year-old woman presents with new-onset atraumatic pain and stiffness of both shoulders and hips, worse in the morning for 1 hour, for the past 3 ...

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A 50-year-old woman presents with new-onset atraumatic pain and stiffness of both shoulders and hips, worse in the morning for 1 hour, for the past 3 weeks. ESR is 65 mm/h. She has no weakness on examination. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Polymyalgia rheumatica

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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Osteoarthritis

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Fibromyalgia

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Inflammatory myopathy

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Polymyalgia rheumatica

A 50-year-old woman presents with new-onset atraumatic pain and stiffness of both shoulders and hips, worse in the morning for 1 hour, for the past 3 weeks. ESR is 65 mm/h. She has no weakness on examination. What is the most likely diagnosis?