Histiocytic Medullary Reticulosis

Histiocytic Medullary Reticulosis

“…The etiology of this disorder has not been established [5,6], There is little evidence to implicate bacterial infection or autoim munity in its pathogenesis, as has been suggested [2,6]. On the other hand, most have agreed that it represents a neoplasm of histiocytic elements.…”

“…Histiocytic medullary reticulosis is a rapidly progressive fatal dis order [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] with survival usually from only 1 to 15 months with a median duration of 5 % months following recognition [5,10]. No sex predilection has been noted and the age of patients with the disorder has ranged from 26 to 70 years with a mean of 48 years [5].…”