Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis with salivary gland involvement and pericardial effusion.
A 60-year-old Palestinian woman developed extensive cutaneous lesions of multicentric reticulohistiocytosis. She also developed a pericardial effusion and involvement of the submandibular salivary glands. Soft tissue gallium images demonstrated this systemic involvement, and this procedure is proposed as a screening method to assess the extent of the disease. The patient showed partial remission after being treated with prednisone, vincristine sulfate, and cyclophosphamide.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013365:Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis