| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2010 | Volume
: 76
| Issue : 4 | Page : 404--407 |
Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis
Arvind Kaul, Sunil N Tolat, Vasudha Belgaumkar, Chandrakant B Mhaske
Department of Dermatology, Sassoon Hospital, Pune-1, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Arvind Kaul
A5C/7A Janakpuri, New Delhi - 110 058
India
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.66598 PMID: 20657124
A 50-year-old male presented with fever, joint pain and skin lesions since eight months. Examination showed multiple papules and nodules with periarticular predisposition. Swelling of knees and elbows with flexion deformity of distal interphalangeal joints was present. Investigations revealed anemia and raised ESR. Histopathology was pathognomonic of multicentric reticulohistiocytosis. Patient was treated with bisphosphonates along with systemic steroids and methotrexate to which he responded well.
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