Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis (MRH) is a rare multisystem disease characterized by skin nodules and a destructive polyarthritis. We describe cardiac disease in a 42-year-old African American female with a history of MRH for 29 years and dilated cardiomyopathy for 5 years. During a congestive heart failure flare, the patient was slow to respond to standard treatment. A left/right heart catheterization and endomyocardial biopsy were performed, and the patient was found to have evidence of myocardial MRH infiltration.
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Skinmed
January 2025
Department of Dermatology, Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA;
A Caucasian woman in her twenties having asymptomatic papules on the hands for the past 6 months was referred by rheumatology for a skin biopsy. The patient had presented to rheumatologist for arthralgia. On physical examination, multiple, dull red, 2-5-mm papules were observed on her dorsal fingers, with most in the periungual regions.
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November 2024
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin.
Background: Solitary epithelioid histiocytoma, also known as reticulohistiocytoma, is a rare benign histiocytic proliferation with an unreported incidence that commonly presents as a superficial nodule involving the trunk and extremities of adults. Pathology shows dermal histiocytic infiltration composed of large, eosinophilic histiocytes with "glassy" cytoplasm and oncocytic macrophages. When presenting as part of a systemic disorder, it is called multicentric reticulohistiocytosis, a rare and more aggressive condition characterized by multiple skin and mucosal lesions and arthritis.
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October 2024
Servicio de Reumatología, Complexo Hospitalario de Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain; Grupo IRIDIS (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-mediated Diseases), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.
Indian Dermatol Online J
July 2024
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Pondicherry, India.
Med Clin (Barc)
December 2024
Servicio de Dermatología Médico-Quirúrgica y Venereología, Hospital General Universitario Reina Sofía, Murcia, España.
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