Sinus Histiocytosis with Massive Lymphadenopathy (Rosai-Dorfman Disease): Imaging Manifestations in the Head and Neck

Overview

Journal AJR Am J Roentgenol

Specialties Oncology
Radiology

Date 2008 Nov 21

PMID 19020219

Citations 33

Authors

Donald V La Barge 3rd

Karen L Salzman

H Ric Harnsberger

Lawrence E Ginsberg

Bronwyn E Hamilton

Richard H Wiggins 3rd

Patricia A Hudgins

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Abstract

Objective: We present the largest case series in the English-language imaging literature, emphasizing the variety of presentations of Rosai-Dorfman disease in the head and neck.

Conclusion: Rosai-Dorfman disease is a rare disorder with multiple sites of involvement in the head and neck.

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