Erschienen in:
01.05.2005 | Letter to the Editor
Knee arthritis as a rare inaugural manifestation of adult leukemia
verfasst von:
Gülay Sain Güven, Levent Özçakar, Timur Koçak, Salih Aksu
Erschienen in:
Rheumatology International
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Ausgabe 4/2005
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Excerpt
A 37-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for his complaint of right knee pain for the previous 3 months. On detailed questioning, he described the pain to have subsided on simple analgesics for a short time and added that mild joint swelling and warmness accompanied it. He declared that his gait had also been disturbed due to the knee pain. Medical history was otherwise noncontributory. Physical examination was consistent with painful and mildly limited joint motion. …