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Juan-Ron fever: A rare case report

Author(s) -

Sourya Acharya,

Samarth Shukla

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of cancer research and therapeutics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 0973-1482

pISSN - 1998-4138

DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.163786

Subject(s) - sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy , rosai–dorfman disease , cervical lymphadenopathy , medicine , etiology , dermatology , fever of unknown origin , cervical lymph nodes , rare disease , lymph , pathology , disease , surgery , cancer , metastasis

Juan-Ron fever named after Juan Rosai and Ronald Dorfman is the fever associated with Rosai-Dorfman disease also known as sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (SHML). It is a rare disorder of unknown etiology that is characterized by abundant macrophages in the lymph nodes throughout the body. Usually patient presents with painless lymphadenopathy. We present a case of a 45-year-old male who presented to us with bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy and fever, later on diagnosed to have SHML.

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