Purely cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman disease

Dermatology. 1995;191(1):49-51. doi: 10.1159/000246488.

Abstract

Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy is an entity that exceptionally appears as a purely cutaneous disease. We described 2 cases of this form with spontaneous involution. Histology showed a polymorphic infiltrate in the dermis and hypodermis composed of large histiocytes with lymphophagocytosis, neutrophils and plasma cells. Immunohistochemical stains demonstrated the positivity of histiocytes for protein S-100 and MAC 387.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Histiocytes / pathology
  • Histiocytosis, Sinus / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neutrophils / pathology
  • Phagocytosis
  • Plasma Cells / pathology
  • Proteins / analysis
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • S100 Proteins / analysis
  • Skin Diseases / pathology*

Substances

  • Proteins
  • S100 Proteins