China Journal of Leprosy and Skin Diseases ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (9): 550-552.

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Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis: a case report

YUAN Chunyu,CHENG Wei,SHAO Xuebao,CHEN Hao,XU Xiulian,SUN Jianfang   

  1. Department of pathology,Institute of Dermatology,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College,Nanjing 210042,China
  • Online:2018-09-15 Published:2018-12-11
  • Contact: SUN Jianfang,E-mail:fangmin5758@aliyun.com

Abstract: A 65-year-old man presented with hands papulonodular and arthritis for over 3 months. Histopathology examination showed many histocytes and multi-nucleated giant cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm and a ground-glass cytoplasm in the dermis. PAS staining was positive. Immunohistochemistry showed Vimentin (+), CD68 (+), CD1a (-), S100 (-). The diagnosis of multicentric reticulohistiocytosis was made. The patient was treated with oral methylprednisolone, methotrexate and tripterygium wilfordii. The rash and joint symptoms improved significantly.

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