TY - JOUR T1 - Jaw claudication in primary amyloidosis: unusual presentation of a rare disease. JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 2283 LP - 2286 VL - 30 IS - 10 AU - Christopher H Churchill AU - Andy Abril AU - Murli Krishna AU - Mark L Callman AU - William W Ginsburg Y1 - 2003/10/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/30/10/2283.abstract N2 - We describe two patients with temporal artery biopsy-proven amyloidosis presenting with symptoms of jaw claudication, visual disturbance, and proximal muscle stiffness suggestive of giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica. At the onset of disease, neither patient had other characteristic symptoms to suggest primary amyloid. We point out similarities between GCA and primary amyloid that can lead to confusion in diagnosis. ER -