Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging findings of rheumatoid arthritis-like arthritis in a patient with adult T-cell leukemia.
A 43-year-old Japanese woman with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) developed rheumatoid arthritis-like polyarthritis with dermatitis and skin erosion. Her rheumatoid factor and C-reactive protein results were positive. Musculoskeletal ultrasonography showed intra-articular and peritendinous power Doppler signal-positive synovitis. Plain magnetic resonance imaging showed synovitis of the above lesion and remarkable bone marrow edema/osteitis. She was diagnosed as having ATL-associated arthritis based on the invasion of ATL cells by skin biopsy at the arthritis lesion.
['Kawashiri|Shin-Ya|SY|', 'Nakamura|Hideki|H|', 'Origuchi|Tomoki|T|', 'Aoyagi|Kiyoshi|K|', 'Kawakami|Atsushi|A|']
D000328:Adult D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid D005260:Female D006801:Humans D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging D014463:Ultrasonography
Ultrasonography Magnetic resonance imaging Adult T-cell leukemia Synovitis Bone marrow edema Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1