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. 2015:2015:232898.
doi: 10.1155/2015/232898. Epub 2015 May 10.

Rosai-Dorfman Disease Originating from Nasal Septal Mucosa

Abdulvahap Akyigit  1 , Hadice Akyol  2 , Oner Sakallioglu  1 , Cahit Polat  1 , Erol Keles  3 , Ozkan Alatas  4
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Rosai-Dorfman Disease Originating from Nasal Septal Mucosa

Abdulvahap Akyigit et al. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2015.

Abstract

Rosai-Dorfman disease is a rarely seen disease with unknown etiology. Extranodal involvement is most commonly seen in the head and neck region. Histopathologically, it is characterized by histiocytic cell proliferation. This paper presents a case of a 15-year-old male patient who presented with nasal obstruction and was surgically treated for a mass filling in the left nasal meatus that was diagnosed to be Rosai-Dorfman disease by histopathological examination.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Endoscopic image of the mass in the left nasal meatus.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The image of the mass at the left nasal cavity in axial (a) and coronal (b) paranasal CT.
Figure 3
Figure 3
The image of the histiocyte that was observed to have emperipolesis in the histopathological examination (white arrow) (H&E, ×4).
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