Endothelium damage and von Willebrand factor antigen.

Abstract

was noted with low doses of prednisone, however, in contrast with the dramatic improvement obtained in the original papers.5 6 On the other hand, synovial biopsy in our case did not show malignant infiltration. Thus it is reasonable to suggest that the rheumatic manifestations belong to a paraneoplastic syndrome, as has been previously reported with other neoplasms.7To our knowledge this is the first description of peripheral synovitis and pitting oedema as an initial manifestation of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. We would like to