Successful treatment of progressive mucinous histiocytosis with multilayer CO₂‐laser ablation

Progressive Papular Eruption of the Distal Upper Extremities in a Patient With Asymptomatic Papules

“…2,4 No specific treatment for PMH exists, though successful treatment with multilayer carbon dioxide laser ablation has been reported. 5 Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis is a benign non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis that presents in adulthood with skin-colored to reddish-brown papulonodular lesions commonly on the dorsal hands, forearms, and face, which may occur in isolation or in cobblestone-like clusters. Periungual involvement may be seen (coral beading), and half of all cases have mucosal involvement.…”

“…For hereditary forms of PMH, transmission is autosomal dominant . No specific treatment for PMH exists, though successful treatment with multilayer carbon dioxide laser ablation has been reported …”