| Literature DB >> 32504287 |
Aileen Azari-Yaam1, Mohammad Reza Abdolsalehi2, Mohammad Vasei3, Moeinadin Safavi3, Mehrzad Mehdizadeh4.
Abstract
Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is a rare and self-limiting disease process that presents most commonly in young patients as massive, painless, cervical lymphadenopathy. Extranodal involvement may also occur. Histopathologic evaluation is the main diagnostic modality. We report an unusual presentation of RDD with cervical lymphadenopathy and an incidentally discovered sinonasal mass, clinically worrisome for malignancy. We emphasize that a high index of clinical suspicion is critical for accurate diagnosis of RDD. Clinicians and pathologists should consider RDD in a differential diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopathy, especially in young patients.Entities:
Keywords: Cervical lymphadenopathy; Emperipolesis; Immunohistochemistry; Lymphophagocytosis; Rosai–Dorfman disease; Sinonasal mass; Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy
Year: 2020 PMID: 32504287 PMCID: PMC8010025 DOI: 10.1007/s12105-020-01183-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Head Neck Pathol ISSN: 1936-055X