Histiocytic medullary reticulosis presenting as Mucha-Habermann disease
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- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Dermato-Venereologica
- Vol. 58 (1) , 57-64
- https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555585764
Abstract
Histiocytic medullary reticulosis (HMR) is a rare, progressive, fatal reticuleondothelial proliferative disorder. It was diagnosed in a 10-year-old boy who had pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta of Mucha-Haberman which was controlled by dapsone for 2 years. One month after cessation of dapsone therapy, cutaneous tumors associated with fever, lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly developed. Tissue biopsy specimens of skin, liver, spleen, lymph nodes, and a bone marrow aspirate demonstrated histiocytic erythrophagocytosis and atypical histiocytosis compatible with HMR. A rapidly progressing, fatal course followed despite intensive chemotherapy.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: