title: Knee arthritis revealing acute leukemia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: We report one case of leukemic synovitis in a patient with a 40-year history of rheumatoid arthritis. The synovial fluid sample and synovial biopsy specimen showed myeloblastic cells. So, leukemic synovitis can be suspected in a patient with inflammatory rheumatism and adequate diagnostic procedures should be carried out.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne I, Hôpital de Cimiez, Nice, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Taillan
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Leyge
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Fuzibet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nectoux
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ziegler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dujardin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology