PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Horvath, Jeffrey R. AU - Hoffman, Gary S. TI - Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis: A mimic of gout and rheumatoid arthritis DP - 1999 Mar 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 166--172 VI - 66 IP - 3 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/66/3/166.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/66/3/166.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med1999 Mar 01; 66 AB - Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis is a rare cutaneous-articular disease that may mimic more common disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis or tophaceous gout. In one fourth of patients, it is a paraneoplastic process. This brief overview is aimed at physicians who care for patients with polyarthritis, to alert them to distinctive features that differentiate multicentric reticulohistiocytosis from the common arthritides.