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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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Sunil Y Swami, Pranita M Lagdive, Rasika U Gadkari
Department of Pathology, Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Medical College, Ambajogai, Maharashtra, India
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| Date of Web Publication | 19-May-2015 |
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How to cite this article:
Swami SY, Lagdive PM, Gadkari RU. Rosai-Dorfman disease: A case report. Ann Trop Med Public Health 2015;8:40-2 |
Dear Sir,
Rosai-Dorfman Disease (RDD) is a rare disease of histiocyte proliferation. It predominantly affects children and young adults, with a slight male preponderance. [1],[2] Though the disease has the capacity to simulate a malignant process both clinically and pathologically, it has a benign clinical course.
A 25-year-old male presented with bilateral multiple cervical and submandibular swellings associated with fever since the past 5-6 months.
On examination, bilateral cervical and submandibular swellings of sizes ranging from 1 × 0.5 cm to 5 × 3 cm were found [Figure 1] and [Figure 2]. They were firm in consistency, nontender, and freely mobile. Peripheral smear examination was within normal limits. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) revealed plenty of mature and transforming lymphocytes, plasma cells, and histiocytes showing emperipolesis (intact lymphocytes in the cytoplasm) [Figure 3] and [Figure 4]. | Figure 3: Microphotograph showing lymphocytes, plasma cells, and histiocytes showing emperipolesis (Pap: 20×)
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 | Figure 4: Microphotograph showing histiocyte showing emperipolesis (Pap: 40×)
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Differential diagnoses include Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), reactive lymph node hyperplasia with sinus histiocytosis (RLHSH), and hemophagocytic syndrome [Table 1].
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Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is a rare, benign, idiopathic, proliferative disease of phagocytic histiocytes. The etiology and pathogenesis of this disorder are unknown but are thought to represent a reactive histiocytic process to an infective agent rather than a neoplastic or other primary condition. [3]
The etiological agent is thought to be stimulation of monocyte/macrophage via macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF). [4]
The most common presentation of RDD is massive painless bilateral lymphadenopathy with fever, as in our case, and the most commonly involved site is a cervical lymph node. Extranodal involvement occurs in 30-40% of cases, most often in the head and neck. [5]
Immunohistochemistry results were: Cluster designation 68 (CD68) + ve, S100 +ve, and CD 1a -ve. [6] Cytodiagnosis is an important tool in RDD, as in our case.
Other associated conditions are malignant lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, myeloma, melanoma, papillary carcinoma of thyroid, and immature teratoma of ovary. [7]
Mostly, the lymph nodes regress by themselves; however, some patients may require surgical debulking, and, rarely, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. [8]
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Correspondence Address:
Sunil Y Swami
Bhagwanbaba Chowk, Gitta Road, Shepwadi, Taluka: Ambajogai - 431 517, Beed, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.157289
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