Chronic lymphocytic leukemia presenting as pyogenic arthritis of the proximal interphalangeal joint

K R Chin; G M Pess; J B Jupiter

doi:10.1016/S0363-5023(05)80477-0

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia presenting as pyogenic arthritis of the proximal interphalangeal joint

J Hand Surg Am. 1998 May;23(3):545-50. doi: 10.1016/S0363-5023(05)80477-0.

Authors

K R Chin¹, G M Pess, J B Jupiter

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston 02114, USA.

PMID: 9620200
DOI: 10.1016/S0363-5023(05)80477-0

Abstract

A 66-year-old woman was seen and treated for a chronic lymphocystic leukemic infiltrate of a proximal interphalangeal joint, which presented with clinical and radiologic signs consistent with a pyogenic arthritis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis*
Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Bone Neoplasms / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Finger Joint* / diagnostic imaging
Finger Joint* / pathology
Humans
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / diagnosis*
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / diagnostic imaging
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / pathology
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Radiography
Synovial Fluid / cytology