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Case of the Week 324



What's the most likely diagnosis?

  • 37 year-old female with deformities of both hands



  1. Psoriasis
  2. Gout
  3. Reiter's syndrome
  4. Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis
  5. Osteoarthritis

Additional Images - Frontal radiograph of the right hand

 

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Frontal radiograph of the right hand


Answer:


4. Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis


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Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis

General Considerations

  • Rare disease with proliferation of histiocytes characterized by skin lesions and arthritis
  • Erosive symmetrical polyarthritis
  • Multiple cutaneous nodules
  • Primarily middle-aged adult women with a mean age of 43

 

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