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Case Reports
. 2006 Jul;27(7):555-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2006.04.004. Epub 2006 May 12.

[Leukemia revealed by polyarthritis]

[Article in French]
S El aichaoui  1 , R Bahiri, K Benbouazza, F Bzami, B Amine, F Allali, N Hajjaj-Hassouni
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[Leukemia revealed by polyarthritis]

[Article in French]
S El aichaoui et al. Rev Med Interne. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

Introduction: Ostéoarticular manifestation whose reveal leukaemia in 4% of the cases, regress completely with haematological remission.

Exegesis: 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.

Conclusion: Polyarthritis may reveal an acute or chronic leukaemia. Systematic blood analysis can make a difference in diagnosis of recent polyarthritis.

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