A rare case of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma presenting with fever and late polyarthritis

A 79‐Year‐Old Female Patient With Altered Mental Status and Anemia

“…A variety of circulating autoantibodies and immunologic phenomena are reported in patients with AITL, including positive Coomb's test, cold agglutinins, cryoglobulins, circulating immune complexes, ANAs, rheumatoid factors, and anti–smooth muscle antibodies (23,25,26). In addition to serologic presence of autoantibodies, various clinical autoimmune phenomena have been reported in association with AITL, including autoimmune hemolytic anemia, vasculitis (27), polyarthritis mimicking rheumatoid arthritis (28,29), and autoimmune thyroid disease (26).…”

Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma with Polyarthritis Resembling Rheumatoid Arthritis

“…7 A paraneoplastic polyarthritis in association with AITL is uncommon. [8][9][10][11][12] It usually involves the proximal interphalangeal, metacarpophalangeal, wrist, ankle, foot, and knee joints.…”

Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma in elderly patient with a previous diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis: a challenge for cancer treatment - case report

“…this regimen demonstrated a significant number of patients who achieved complete clinical remission compared with only conventional chemotherapy for aggressive lymphomas. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] CONCLUSION It can be concluded that AITL is rare. However, it remains as an aggressive disease with poor prognosis even with the most recommended treatment, i.e., COP/CHOP.…”