Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia (Jan 2014)

Case for diagnosis

  • Han Ma,
  • Huaiqiu Huang,
  • Meirong Li,
  • Wei Lai,
  • Chun Lu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142485
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 89, no. 1
pp. 171 – 172

Abstract

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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.

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