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Rheumatology 2004; 43: 110-111
© British Society for Rheumatology 2004; all rights reserved

Case Report

Pyrexia, pelvic pain and thrombocytopenia in an Asian man with Paget's disease of bone

J. Soo, S. Arif, B. L. Kidd and A. S. M. Jawad

Department of Rheumatology and Histopathology, The Royal London Hospital, Bancroft Road, London E1 4DG, UK

Correspondence to: A. S. M. Jawad. E-mail: alismjawad1@hotmail.com

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SIR, We report the case history of a Bangladeshi man with Paget's disease of bone who presented with pelvic pain, thrombocytopenia and pyrexia and was found to have developed angiosarcoma.

A 58-yr-old Bangladeshi man was admitted with a 4-week history of bilateral buttock pain. There was no history of preceding trauma. Six months previously, he was noted to have thrombocytopenia and following bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, immune thrombocytopenia was diagnosed. His antiplatelet antibodies, however, were negative. Physical examination showed a temperature of 36.8°C. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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