title: Polyarthritis, rash and lymphadenopathy: case reports of two patients with angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy presenting to a rheumatology clinic.
abstract: Two patients presented with a symmetrical inflammatory polyarthropathy. Both patients fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy. We present the two case histories and review the current literature. Although an uncommon disease, the diagnosis of angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy should be considered in a patient presenting with polyarthritis and skin rash.
authors.affiliation: Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre, The Haywood, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Layton
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Musgrove
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Dawes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications*; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005076:Exanthema / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007119:Immunoblastic Lymphadenopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography