Pamela Figueroa; María Clara de Diego; Corina Busso; Raúl Valdez; Javier Anaya

Authors

Pamela Figueroa Austral University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
María Clara de Diego Austral University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Corina Busso Austral University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Raúl Valdez Austral University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Javier Anaya Austral University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Keywords:

non Langerhans cell histiocytosis, reticulohistiocytosis, diffuse cutaneous reticulohistiocytosis

Abstract

Reticulohistiocytosis is a group of rare diseases of unknown etiology and pathogenesis, characterized by the proliferation of histiocytes of the non-Langerhans cells type in different tissues, the skin is one of the most affected. So far three clinical forms have been described: solitary cutaneous reticulohistiocytoma, multicentric reticulohistiocytosis, and diffuse cutaneous reticulohistiocytosis. Regarding the last subgroup, only fifteen cases have been reported to date.
We present the case of a 63-year-old man with a diagnosis of diffuse cutaneous reticulohistiocytosis.

Author Biographies

Pamela Figueroa, Austral University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Resident Physician, Dermatology Service

María Clara de Diego, Austral University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Staff Physician, Dermatology Service

Corina Busso, Austral University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Head of the Dermatology Service

Raúl Valdez, Austral University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Staff Physician of the Dermatology Service and Dean of the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of the Austral University

Javier Anaya, Austral University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pathologist

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