Multifocal nodal and extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease initially diagnosed as histiocytic lymphoma.

Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD), also known as sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (SHML), is a systemic disease involving nodal and extranodal tissues. We report a 48-year-old female with recurrent nasal obstruction due to polypoidal masses involving the nasal sinuses, turbinates and septu...

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Main Authors: Mohd Sidik, Shiran, Tan, Geok Chin, M. Solahuddin, Kenali, Abdul Rahman, Sabariah, Rajadurai, Pathmanathan
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Published: Malaysian Society of Pathologists 2008
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15747/
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author Mohd Sidik, Shiran
Tan, Geok Chin
M. Solahuddin, Kenali
Abdul Rahman, Sabariah
Rajadurai, Pathmanathan
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Tan, Geok Chin
M. Solahuddin, Kenali
Abdul Rahman, Sabariah
Rajadurai, Pathmanathan
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description Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD), also known as sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (SHML), is a systemic disease involving nodal and extranodal tissues. We report a 48-year-old female with recurrent nasal obstruction due to polypoidal masses involving the nasal sinuses, turbinates and septum bilaterally, and lumps in the right infra-orbital region and region of the right lacrimal sac. A 4 cm right upper neck mass was also noted, which was initially diagnosed as histiocytic lymphoma. Histopathology of the nasal and infraorbital lesions revealed fibro-inflammatory masses containing histiocytic cells with large vesicular nuclei and abundant foamy cytoplasm exhibiting emperipolesis and lymphophagocytosis, admixed with scattered plasma cells and lymphocytes. These histiocytes revealed immunohistochemical positivity for S-100 protein and CD68, but were negative for CDla. The findings supported a diagnosis of RDD. This report serves to remind pathologists and clinicians of the extranodal manifestations of RDD and its potential confusion with lymphomas.
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spelling upm-157472015-10-23T06:50:00Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15747/ Multifocal nodal and extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease initially diagnosed as histiocytic lymphoma. Mohd Sidik, Shiran Tan, Geok Chin M. Solahuddin, Kenali Abdul Rahman, Sabariah Rajadurai, Pathmanathan Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD), also known as sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (SHML), is a systemic disease involving nodal and extranodal tissues. We report a 48-year-old female with recurrent nasal obstruction due to polypoidal masses involving the nasal sinuses, turbinates and septum bilaterally, and lumps in the right infra-orbital region and region of the right lacrimal sac. A 4 cm right upper neck mass was also noted, which was initially diagnosed as histiocytic lymphoma. Histopathology of the nasal and infraorbital lesions revealed fibro-inflammatory masses containing histiocytic cells with large vesicular nuclei and abundant foamy cytoplasm exhibiting emperipolesis and lymphophagocytosis, admixed with scattered plasma cells and lymphocytes. These histiocytes revealed immunohistochemical positivity for S-100 protein and CD68, but were negative for CDla. The findings supported a diagnosis of RDD. This report serves to remind pathologists and clinicians of the extranodal manifestations of RDD and its potential confusion with lymphomas. Malaysian Society of Pathologists 2008-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15747/1/Multifocal%20nodal%20and%20extranodal%20Rosai.pdf Mohd Sidik, Shiran and Tan, Geok Chin and M. Solahuddin, Kenali and Abdul Rahman, Sabariah and Rajadurai, Pathmanathan (2008) Multifocal nodal and extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease initially diagnosed as histiocytic lymphoma. Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 30 (1). pp. 63-65. ISSN 0126-8635 English
spellingShingle Mohd Sidik, Shiran
Tan, Geok Chin
M. Solahuddin, Kenali
Abdul Rahman, Sabariah
Rajadurai, Pathmanathan
Multifocal nodal and extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease initially diagnosed as histiocytic lymphoma.
title Multifocal nodal and extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease initially diagnosed as histiocytic lymphoma.
title_full Multifocal nodal and extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease initially diagnosed as histiocytic lymphoma.
title_fullStr Multifocal nodal and extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease initially diagnosed as histiocytic lymphoma.
title_full_unstemmed Multifocal nodal and extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease initially diagnosed as histiocytic lymphoma.
title_short Multifocal nodal and extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease initially diagnosed as histiocytic lymphoma.
title_sort multifocal nodal and extranodal rosai-dorfman disease initially diagnosed as histiocytic lymphoma.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15747/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15747/1/Multifocal%20nodal%20and%20extranodal%20Rosai.pdf