title: Spinal epidural Rosai-Dorfman disease preceding by relapsing uveitis: a case report with literature review.
abstract: METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary referral center hospital in Taiwan.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of spinal Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) presenting with paraparesis and also preceding by relapsing uveitis for 6 months. A thoracic laminectomy was performed to remove the solid mass. The pathological diagnosis reveals infiltrating histiocytes, emperipolesis and positivity for S-100. There is no recurrence 1 year later with MR imaging.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The relapsing idiopathic uveitis may be a prodrome for this unusual disease, because RDD is associated closely to defective immunogical response. Early and accurate diagnosis of CNS RDD may reverse the neurologic deficits by early decompression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Y-C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: H-Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: S-M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: W-Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.forename: C-C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.forename: P-W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: C-N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D004824:Epidural Space / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D015618:Histiocytosis, Sinus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D014605:Uveitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology