- Northern European ancestry
- Often prior hx PMR (up to 50%)
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Joint aches
- Myalgias
- F
- C
- Fatgue
- Wt loss
- Visual loss
- Jaw claudication
- Can affect aorta & its major branches--> limb claudication
- Sometimes scalp/temp art tenderness
- Abnl appearing optic nerve
- Afferent pupilary defect
- Diminished distal pulses
- Distal synovitis or bursitis
- Significant elevations in ESR (often > 100) and CRP