Relationship between multicentric reticulohistiocytosis and tuberculosis

K. D. Gold, J. T. Sharp, R. G. Estrada, J. Duffy and D. A. Person

Some cases presently classified as multicentric reticulohistiocytosis may represent unusual manifestations of tuberculosis. Antituberculous chemotherapy may be justified in patients who have clinical and histopathologic evidence of multicentric reticulohistiocytosis in association with a positive tuberculin skin test.