title: [Purely cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman disease].
abstract: Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy or Rosai-Dorfman disease is a non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis of unknown etiolosy. The most characteristic feature is lymphadenopathy, especially that of cervical lymph nodes. In approximately 40% of patients there are extranodal manifestations of the disease. Skin is the most commonly affected organ (27%). We report a 79-year-old female patient with purely cutaneous manifestations. This form of the disease is a very rare differential diagnosis in dermatology.
authors.affiliation: Hautklinik der Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Plettenberg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Artik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Megahed
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ruzicka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kruse
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015618:Histiocytosis, Sinus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012008:Recurrence; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D008775:Methylprednisolone