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multicentric reticulohistiocytosis


  • females, middle age
  • deposition arthropathy

  • bilaterally symmetric involvement of hands
  • soft-tissue swelling
  • well-circumscribed marginal bony erosions

DDx:
  • RA -- juxta-articular osteoporosis, DIPs spared
  • psoriasis -- asymmetric, ill-defined erosions, new bone
  • gout -- overhanging edges, asymmetric


Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 September 2006


 

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