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Rosai-Dorfman disease

A pathological experience from 2 tertiary care hospitals in Western Saudi Arabia

Jaudah A. Al-Maghrabi
Saudi Medical Journal April 2022, 43 (4) 341-347; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.4.20220028
Jaudah A. Al-Maghrabi
From the Department of Pathology, King Abdulaziz University, and from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MD, FRCPC.
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    - Microscopic features of Rosai-Dorfman disease involving different organs. A) Patchy areas of Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) admixed with scattered Reed-Sternberg cells of classic Hodgkin’s lymphoma in the same lymph node (hematoxylin and eosin, 40×). B) Higher power; large histiocytes (arrows) with emperipolesis seen adjacent to scattered Reed-Sternberg cells of classic Hodgkin’s lymphoma (triangles) (hematoxylin and eosin, 400×). C) RDD involves the larynx and the infiltrate surrounding the seromucinous glands right lower quarter of the image (hematoxylin and eosin, 40×). D) RDD involves the dura (arrow) and extend to underlying glial tissue (arrow) (hematoxylin and eosin, 40×). E) RDD involves the bone (hematoxylin and eosin, 200×). F) S100 immunohistochemistry stain highlighted the histiocytes (400×).

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    - Summary of Rosai-Dorfman disease cases from 2 tertiary hospitals in the Western regions of Saudi Arabia.

    No.Age/genderClinical presentation/site of biopsyTreatment/procedureFollow-upOther involvement/associated findings
    150/femaleBack pain/mass in lumbar vertebraeSurgical resection9 months/no recurrence 
    224/femaleReferred with optic chiasm tumorSurgical biopsyNo available radiology 
    344/femaleReferred with right temporal brain tumorSurgical resection14 months/no recurrence 
    456/femaleleft arm mass (soft tissue)Surgical resection and steroid60 months/no recurrenceSimilar masses in the left shoulder and thigh
    537/maleHoarseness of voice/laryngeal massSurgical resection and steroidTumor recurrence occurred after 8 months 
    639/maleSeizures/left parietal bone and dural lesionSurgical resection12 months/no recurrenceSubcortical white matter involvement
    735/maleSubmandibular mass lymph node enlargementSurgical resection and steroid24 months/no recurrence 
    833/maleCervical lymphadenopathySurgical resection37 months/no recurrenceDermatopathic lymphadenopathy
    934/maleCervical lymphadenopathySurgical resection and chemotherapy for lymphomaRecurrence after 24 months in axillary and groin LNHodgkin’s lymphoma
    1010/femaleCervical lymphadenopathySurgical resection9 months/no recurrence 
    1146/femaleCervical lymphadenopathySurgical resection2 months/no recurrence 
    1240/femaleCervical lymphadenopathySurgical resection and chemotherapy for lymphoma48 months/no recurrenceHodgkin’s lymphoma
    134/maleCervical lymphadenopathySurgical resection11 months/no recurrence 

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      - Summary of the Rosai-Dorfman disease cases reported from Saudi Arabia.

      StudiesAge/genderSite of biopsyOther involvementTreatmentFollow-upAssociated findings
      Maklad et al2126/maleRight cheek swellingleft upper eyelid swellingSurgery, steroids, chemotherapy, and radiationone year/recurrence 
      JI Wani2425/femaleLymph nodeGeneralized lymphadenopathy with hepatosplenomegalySteroids and azathioprineDied after 4 months 
      Alharbi et al1629/maleCorneal massIsolated, no other involvementSurgical resection and local steroidsone year/no recurrencesickle cell disease and eczema
      Al-Jahdali et al1726/maleHilar lymph nodeIsolated, no other involvementSurgical resection and steroids6 years/no recurrence 
      Baeesa et al1050/femalethoracic spine lesionsIsolated, no other involvementSurgical resection and steroid4.5 years/no recurrence
      35/malethoracic spine lesions Surgical resection, followed by radiation for recurrence after 6 months5 years/no recurrence
      Al-Maghrabi et al952/femalePeribronchial massIsolated, no other involvement, obliterating the right main and upper lobe bronchusSurgical resection6 months/no recurrence 
      Al-Maghrabi et al853/maleMass in right eyeIsolated, no other involvementSurgical resection2 years/no recurrence 
      Medhat et al2325/femalePara-aortic lymph nodeHepatosplenomegaly, enlarged para-aortic, portahepatic, paratracheal, subcarinal, and cervical lymph nodesSteroidsNot availablepolyarthritis
      AlKuwaity et al1840/maleSubmandibular lymph nodeIsolated, no other involvementSteroid and azathioprine2 months/no recurrenceParotid (Sjogren’s syndrome)
      Fathala et al2037/maleCervical lymph nodeBilateral cervical and inguinal lymphadenopathySteroid5 months/no recurrence 
      Al-Qahtani et al2210 months/maleCervical lymph nodeIsolated, no other involvementSurgical resection and steroids2 years/no recurrence 
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