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Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis and malignant disease
Author(s) -
CATTERALL M. D.,
WHITE J. E.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1978.tb01626.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatomyositis , disease , dermatology , pathology
SUMMARY Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis developed in a 45‐year‐old woman, who had a 3 year history of untreated breast carcinoma. A review of the literature revealed that malignant disease has been associated with 27% of reported cases. It is considered that, like adult dermatomyositis, the onset of multicentric reticulohistiocytosis should stimulate detailed investigation for an underlying neoplasm.