Case Report

Vol. 32 No. 3 (2000): The Eurasian Journal of Medicine

RHEUMATIC MANIFESTATIONS PRECEDED ACUTE LEUKEMIA (A CASE REPORT)

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Hasan Kaya
İlhami Kiki
R. Ali Sarı
Mehmet Gündoğdu

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Rheumatic manifestations with acute myeloblastic leukemia can mimic a number of rheumatic diseases. In many patients, rheumatic manifestations preceded recognition of leukemia, may lead to a misdiagnosis and a delay in the diagnosis of leukemia. We found suitable to report a 16 year-old male patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia, whose rheumatic manifestations preceded, who also had received misdiagnosed and treatmed for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis before.


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