title: [Leukemia revealed by polyarthritis].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ostéoarticular manifestation whose reveal leukaemia in 4% of the cases, regress completely with haematological remission.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report two observations of leukaemia revealed by polyarthritis. A 22-year-old woman has presented a polyarthritis 8 months before de diagnosis of acute leukaemia. A 34 years old men, has presented one month before admission an acute polyarthritis revealing chronic myeloid leukaemia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Polyarthritis may reveal an acute or chronic leukaemia. Systematic blood analysis can make a difference in diagnosis of recent polyarthritis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie B, CHU de Rabat-Sale, Hôpital El-Ayachi, Salé, Maroc.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: El aichaoui
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bahiri
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Benbouazza
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bzami
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amine
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Allali
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hajjaj-Hassouni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001168:Arthritis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D015452:Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis*