Lymphoreticular disorders masquerading as rheumatic disease syndromes
Lakhanpal, S.; Michet, C.J.
Texas Medicine 85(5): 46-49
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0040-4470 PMID: 2786651 Document Number: 333521
We describe four cases, each with a distinct rheumatologic presentation. Three had lymphoma, and the fourth, though initially suggestive of lymphoma, had a tuberculous infection. Clinicians should be alert for diseases masquerading as diverse clinical syndromes. It is important to establish rheumatic, lymphoproliferative, or infectious etiology because of major differences in therapeutic and prognostic implications.