Seronegative symmetric polyarthritis in Sezary syndrome.
We describe a patient with Sezary syndrome and seronegative symmetric polyarthritis. Detailed analysis of the synovial membrane, including T lymphocyte subset delineation, demonstrated that malignant synovial infiltration was the direct cause of arthritis in this patient.
Savin
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Department of Medicine, Roger Williams General Hospital, Providence, RI 02908.
Zimmermann
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B
Aaron
R K
RK
Libbey
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Khorsand
J
J
Alper
J C
JC
Lally
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D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000473:pathology; D010489:Periarthritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012751:Sezary Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000473:pathology