Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Cardiac engagement in multicentric reticulohistiocytosis: report of a case with fatal outcome and literature review

  • CE - Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Internal and Emergency Medicine Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3

References

  1. Barrow MV, Holubar K (1969) Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis: a review of 33 patients. Medicine (Baltimore) 48:287–305

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Cambell DA, Edwards NL (1991) Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis: systemic macrophage disorder. Baillieres Clin Rheumatol 5:301–319

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Outland JD, Keiran SJ, Schikler KN (2002) Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis in a 14 year-old girl. Pediatr Dermatol 19:527

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Saito K, Fujii K, Awazu Y (2001) A case of systemic lupus erythematosus complicated by multicentric reticulohistiocytosis (MRH): successful treatment of MRH and lupus with cyclosporin A. Lupus 10:129–132

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Bardin T (2004) Musculoskeletal features of disorders of lipid metabolism and multicentric reticulohistiocytosis. Curr Opin Rheumatol 16:76–79

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Loeffler AG, Memoli VA (2004) Myocardial involvement in Erdheim–Chester disease Arch. Pathol Lab Med 128(6):682–685

    Google Scholar 

  7. Yee KC, Bowker CM, Tan CY, Palmer RG (1993) Cardiac and systemic complications in multicentric reticulohistiocytosis. Clin Exp Dermatol 18:555–558

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Fast A (1976) Cardiopulmonary complications in multicentric reticulohistiocytosis. Report of a case. Arch Dermatol 112:1139–1141

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Furey N, Di Mauro J, Eng A, Shaw J (1983) Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis with salivary gland involvement and pericardial effusion. J Am Acad Dermatol 8:679–685

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Lambert CM, Nuki G (1992) Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis with arthritis and cardiac infiltration: regression following treatment for underlying malignancy. Ann Rheum Dis 51:815–817

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Kesaniemi YA, Ehnholm C, Miettinen TA (1987) Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis, another lipid disorder with normolipidemic xanthomatosis? Atherosclerosis 68:179–189

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Ka MM, Leye A, Dangou JM, Ka EF, Diallo S, Mbengue M, Ndongo S, Diop TM (2002) Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis with a 20-year follow-up. Rev Med Interne 23:779–783

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Liang GC, Grantson AS (1996) Complete remission of multicentric reticulohistiocytosis with combination therapy of steroid, cyclophosphamide and low doses pulse methotrexate. Arthritis Rheum 39:171–174

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Gorman JD, Danning C, Schumacher HR, Klippel JH, Davis JC Jr (2000) Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis. Case report with immunohistochemical analysis and literature review. Arthritis Rheum 43:930–938

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Cash JM, Tyree J, Recht M (1997) Severe multicentric reticulohistiocytosis: disease stabilization achieved with methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine. J Rheumatol 24:2250–2253

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Blanco JJ, Hernandez FJ, Cerezo JG, Garcia IS, Rubio FC, Rodriguez JJ (2002) Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis. The long course of a rare disease. Scand J Rheumatol 31(2):107–109

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  17. Sellam J, Deslandre CJ, Dubreuil F, Arfi S, Kahan A (2005) Refractory multicentric reticulohistiocytosis treated by infliximab: two cases. Clin Exp Rheumatol 23:97–99

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Section of Rheumatology, Nuovo Ospedale S. Giovanni di Dio, ASL 10 Florence, Via di Torregalli 3, 50143, Florence, Italy

    Maurizio Benucci

  2. Cardiology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale S. Giovanni di Dio, ASL 10 Florence, Florence, Italy

    Antonio Sulla

  3. Section of Immunology and Allergology Laboratory, Nuovo Ospedale S. Giovanni di Dio, ASL 10 Florence, Florence, Italy

    Mariangela Manfredi

Authors
  1. Maurizio Benucci
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Antonio Sulla
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Mariangela Manfredi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Maurizio Benucci.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Benucci, M., Sulla, A. & Manfredi, M. Cardiac engagement in multicentric reticulohistiocytosis: report of a case with fatal outcome and literature review. Intern Emerg Med 3, 165–168 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-008-0102-x

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-008-0102-x

Keywords

Search

Navigation