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Rheumatoid arthritis and B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia
P V Voulgari1, G Vartholomatos, P Kaiafas
1Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ioannina Medical School, Greece.
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
|March 15, 2002
Abstract:
The association between lymphoproliferate malignancies, especially lymphoma, and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been confirmed by several studies. However; there are few reports of RA patients who developed B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) and vice versa. We report a patient with B-CLL who developed RA and another with RA who presented with B-CLL during follow-up. We discuss the incidence of B-CLL among the RA population and the possible interaction of the pathogenetic mechanisms of these two entities.