A rare pediatric tumor: thymic carcinoma mimicking acute rheumatoid fever
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Introduction Malign diseases may mimic rheumatoid diseases. Joint involvement and leg pain are among frequently encountered symptoms particularly in the patients with leukemia. Sometimes, however, primary tumor may be asymptomatic and may mimic rheumatoid diseases because of metastasis. The present case, which admitted to our clinic with bone and joint pain continuing for 10 days and mimicking acute rheumatoid fever (ARF) and in which bone metastasis due to thymic carcinoma was detected when investigated, was presented for it is a rare condition.
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