Week 41: Case 4

1. Presented by Edward McCarthy, M.D. and prepared by Angelique W. Levi, M.D.

A 40 year old woman had painful intermittently swollen joints for ten years. Radiographs of her hands showed osteoporosis and multiple lytic lesions adjacent to the joints. A biopsy was performed.

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