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ArticleCureus2017

Looks Can Be Deceiving: A Case Report on Multicentric Reticulohistiocytosis Successfully Treated with Rituximab.

Khin Lim, Jason D'Souza, Jonathan B Vasquez, Sujatha Vuyyuru

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Article in Cureus, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. [Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis: A case report].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Khin LimInternal Medicine, Florida Hospital-Orlando.
Jason D'SouzaInternal Medicine, Florida Hospital-Orlando.
Jonathan B VasquezPathology Department, Orlando VA Medical Center.
Sujatha VuyyuruRheumatology, Orlando VA Medical Center.
AdventHealth Orlando · USOrlando VA Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis (MRH) is an idiopathic multisystemic inflammatory disease characterized by symmetric erosive polyarthritis and typical papulonodular skin lesions. MRH can be associated with autoimmune diseases, malignancy, mycobacterial infections, and hyperlipidemia, and it is important to consider appropriate screening in this population. There is no specific diagnostic laboratory test for MRH. The gold standard for diagnosis is skin or synovial biopsy, which shows characteristic multinucleated non-Langerhans giant cells and ground glass eosinophilic cytoplasm. Although the disease spontaneously remits in approximately 10 years, MRH can rapidly progress to arthritis mutilans in the majority of cases. The diagnosis and treatment are challenging due to its low prevalence and lack of robust guidelines from major rheumatological societies. Corticosteroids and methotrexate are generally first-line treatment options. However, more recently, biologic agents have been increasingly used in refractory cases with some success. Early diagnosis is crucial in preventing disease progression. We report a case of MRH in a patient whose clinical presentation mimicked rheumatoid arthritis and was subsequently treated successfully with rituximab.

Indexed as

arthritis mutilansmrhmulticentric reticulohistiocytosisnon-langerhan cell histiocytosispapulonodular skin lesionsrituximab

Identifiers

PMID28589069
PMCPMC5453733
OpenAlexW2610998183

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