Intracranial Rosai-Dorfman disease mimicking melanoma: a case report and review of the literature

Zhibei Tang; Fei Chen; Yijie Shao; Chenguang Li; Jian Zhang

Intracranial Rosai-Dorfman disease mimicking melanoma: a case report and review of the literature

Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2020 Jun 1;13(6):1463-1467. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Zhibei Tang¹, Fei Chen², Yijie Shao³, Chenguang Li³, Jian Zhang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Cangnan People's Hospital Wenzhou 325800, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Zhuji People's Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Zhuji Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Zhuji 311800, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 32661485
PMCID: PMC7344016

Abstract

Intracranial Rosai-Dorfman disease is quite rare. Here, we report a 67-year-old man with a 90 day history of pain and numbness in his right limbs. The patient was suspected of suffering from melanoma. Then he received craniotomy and was finally diagnosed with intracranial Rosai-Dorfman disease. MEDLINE was used to search the related literature; and the diagnosis, mechanism, treatment and prognosis of this rare tumor are discussed.

Keywords: Rosai-Dorfman disease; central nervous system; melanoma; meningioma.

Publication types

Case Reports