| Title | Multicentric Reticulohistiocytosis: A Proliferation of Macrophages With Tropism for Skin and Joints, Part II. | | Author(s) | Luz FB, Gaspar NK, Gaspar AP, Carneiro S, Ramos-E-Silva M | | Institution | From the Sector of Dermatology, University Hospital HUCFF/UFRJ and School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the Sector of Dermatology, University Hospital HUAP/UFF and School of Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil; and the Sector of Dermatology, University Hospital HUPE/UERJ and School of Medicine, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | | Source | Skinmed 2007 September/October; 6(5):227-233. | | Abstract | In this second part of the review of multicentric reticulohistiocytosis, the authors discuss its association with other diseases, in particular, cancer, and laboratory and therapeutic aspects of this incapacitating and disfiguring disease. Histopathologic aspects are characteristic: dense mononuclear infiltrate with typical multinucleated cells that contain periodic acid-Schiff-positive and diastasis-resistant material, conferring a "ground glass" aspect when stained with hematoxylineosin. (SKINmed. 2007;6:227-233). | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 17786100 |
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