Case for diagnosis. Cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman disease

An Bras Dermatol. 2014 Jan-Feb;89(1):171-2. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142485.

Abstract

Cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman disease is a rare, lymphoproliferative disease. It is benign and self-limited, only involves skin and subcutaneous tissue and typically occurs as histiocyte-rich inflammatory infiltrates, manifesting as erythematous to brown papules, plaques, or nodules, without predilection for site. The authors describe a case of cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman disease in a 72-year-old man who presented erythematous and scaled plaque on the right neck for three months without systemic symptoms. Owing to local involvement, the patient received a surgery to exsect the lesion completely and remained asymptomatic with no signs of recurrence at the 9-month follow up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Histiocytosis, Sinus / pathology*
  • Histiocytosis, Sinus / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neck / pathology
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin Diseases / pathology*
  • Skin Diseases / surgery