Search results for "Rosai–Dorfman disease"
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Pleomorphic cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman disease.
2016
we report three cases of pure cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) showing prominent nuclear pleomorphism. This unusual finding confers a worrisome appearance to these lesions, challenging their recognition and creating difficulty in the differential diagnosis with malignant neoplasms. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Mercaptopurine Treatment in an Adult Man with Orbital and Intracranial Rosai-Dorfman Disease.
2016
Background. Rosai-Dorfmann disease (RDD) is a rare, idiopathic non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis, affecting children and young adults, that commonly presents as painless, massive cervical lymphadenopathy with fever, weight loss, and polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia. Cervical lymphadenopathy and extranodal involvement are the main presentations. On the contrary, ophthalmic involvement and localisation in the central nervous system are rare.Case Report. An old man was admitted to our hospital for first seizure. Brain imaging studies revealed on the left an extra-axial thickening of the dura mater with enhancement and perilesional oedema, infiltrating the sphenoorbital fissure and an isointen…