TY - JOUR T1 - Monarthritis: an unusual presentation of renal cell carcinoma. JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases JO - Ann Rheum Dis SP - 681 LP - 682 DO - 10.1136/ard.51.5.681 VL - 51 IS - 5 AU - K K Chakravarty AU - M Webley Y1 - 1992/05/01 UR - http://ard.bmj.com/content/51/5/681.abstract N2 - Two cases of acute monarthritis secondary to asymptomatic renal cell carcinoma are described. This association has not previously been reported. The patients were initially thought to have a septic arthritis, but hot spots were seen on isotope bone scans and biopsy samples showed secondary neoplasms, which were later confirmed to be a result of renal cell carcinomas. The value of cytological examination of synovial fluid when there is clinical doubt as to the cause of a joint effusion is shown. ER -