title: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia presenting as pyogenic arthritis of the proximal interphalangeal joint.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston 02114, USA.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Pess
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Jupiter
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011859:Radiography; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000166:cytology