Chronic lymphocytic leukemia presenting as pyogenic arthritis of the proximal interphalangeal joint.

Chin, K R; Pess, G M; Jupiter, J B · J Hand Surg Am · 1998

case_report · Level V

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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.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy