Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis: A mimic of gout and rheumatoid arthritis

Authors
Horvath, JR Hoffman, GS
Citation
Jr. Horvath et Gs. Hoffman, Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis: A mimic of gout and rheumatoid arthritis, CLEV CLIN J, 66(3), 1999, pp. 166
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
CLEVELAND CLINIC JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
ISSN journal
08911150 → ACNP
Volume
66
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0891-1150(199903)66:3<166:MRAMOG>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis is a rare cutaneous-articular disease th at may mimic more common disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis or tophaceo us gout. in one fourth of patients, it is a paraneoplastic process. This br ief overview is aimed at physicians who care for patients with polyarthriti s, to alert them to distinctive features that differentiate multicentric re ticulohistiocytosis from the common arthritides.