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Unusual presentation of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: polyarthritis and uveitis mimicking a rheumatologic disease

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We report a case of 45-year-old male who presented with polyarthritis and posterior uveitis. He was given azathioprine (AZA) 150 mg day−1 and methyl-prednisolone 48 mg day−1 for his uveitis and polyarthritis. Eye and joint complaints improved with these medications within 1 month. Three months later, while he was on AZA, the patient presented with pain on his anterior chest wall associated with diffuse hyperemic and warm mass lesion. A wedge biopsy of the lesion was reported as diffuse large B-cell NHL. Here, we briefly discuss the relationship between arthritis, uveitis and lymphoproliferative disease.

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  1. Department of Hematology, School of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Türkey

    Eren Gündüz & Zafer Gülbaş

  2. Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Türkey

    Cengiz Korkmaz & Timuçin Kaşifoğlu

  3. Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Türkey

    Cengiz Korkmaz

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Gündüz, E., Korkmaz, C., Kaşifoğlu, T. et al. Unusual presentation of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: polyarthritis and uveitis mimicking a rheumatologic disease. Rheumatol Int 28, 613–614 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-007-0500-9

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