Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and subsequent acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in a patient with polymyalgia rheumatica.
A patient presenting with polymyalgia rheumatica-like symptoms was found to have non-Hodgkin's lymphoma which later transformed into acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. The association of polymyalgia rheumatica-like symptoms and lymphoreticular/haematological malignancies is discussed.
Montanaro
M
M
Division of Medicine, Montefiascone Hospital, Italy.
Bizzarri
F
F
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000209:etiology*