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Ruggero Caputo, MD; Ramon Grimalt, MD
First Department of Dermatology and Department of Pediatric Dermatology University of Milan 20122 Milan, Italy

Arch Dermatol. 1992;128(5):698-699.

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To the Editor.—

Reticulohistiocytosis (RH) represents the following spectrum of clinical entities: the solitary form (reticulohistiocytoma), the diffuse cutaneous form without systemic involvement, and multicentric RH with systemic involvement. All of the variants of RH are extremely rare in children.¹ Just three cases of multicentric RH and one case of diffuse, purely cutaneous RH have been reported in children.^2-5

Report of Cases.—CASE. 1.—

Three months after onset, a 9-year-old boy presented with an asymptomatic nodular lesion on his scalp. The physical examination revealed a dark red, well-circumscribed, firm, dome-shaped, smooth-surfaced nodule that was 8 mm in diameter. The patient underwent surgery, after the routine laboratory investigations led to the suspicion of a Spitz nevus.

CASE 2.—

An 11-year-old boy was sent to our dermatology department for a rapidly growing solitary tumor on his back. His mother had noticed . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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