Extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease of the kidney and coexistent poorly differentiated prostatic adenocarcinoma

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2006 Aug;130(8):1223-6. doi: 10.5858/2006-130-1223-ERDOTK.

Abstract

We present a case of a patient who was initially diagnosed with poorly differentiated prostatic adenocarcinoma on prostate needle core biopsy. Upon staging workup, a computed tomographic scan showed a 9-cm left renal mass involving mainly the pelvicalyceal system. Positron emission tomographic scan showed increased uptake in para-aortic, paracaval, and retrocaval lymph nodes suspicious for metastatic disease. Left nephrectomy revealed involvement with extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease. Lymphadenectomy revealed metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma; however, the lymph nodes did not show evidence of Rosai-Dorfman disease. Isolated involvement of the kidney by Rosai-Dorfman disease is very rare. The combination of prostatic adenocarcinoma and isolated extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease of the kidney makes this case unique.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications*
  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary
  • Aged
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Histiocytosis, Sinus / complications*
  • Histiocytosis, Sinus / pathology
  • Histiocytosis, Sinus / surgery
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / complications*
  • Kidney Diseases / pathology
  • Kidney Diseases / surgery
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Nephrectomy
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / complications*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Biomarkers, Tumor