Rosai-Dorfman disease: A rare clinico-pathological presentation

Abstract

Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is also known as Sinus Histiocytosis with Massive Lymphadenopathy (SHML). It is a rare, benign, self-limiting disease of phagocytic histiocytes affecting a young age group presenting with massive painless cervical lymphadenopathy. RDD has nodal and also extra-nodal involvement with episodes of exacerbation and remissions, whose aetiology remains poorly elucidated. It is highly variable in its clinical presentation and response to treatment. Its treatment is poorly defined but the prognosis is usually favourable. Here we are reporting a rare, unusual clinical presentation of cervical lymphadenopathy and nasal mass diagnosed as RDD with cyto-histopathological correlation. Only a few such cases have been reported in the literature. We also emphasise that clinicians and pathologists should always be aware of RDD in making a differential diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopathy.