Orbital Rosai-Dorfman Disease in a Five-Year-Old boy | Zendy

AshrefJ Al-Moosa | Zendy; Raed Behbehani | Zendy; AbdulmohsenE Hussain | Zendy; AbdullahE Ali | Zendy

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Orbital Rosai-Dorfman Disease in a Five-Year-Old boy

Author(s) -

AshrefJ Al-Moosa,

Raed Behbehani,

AbdulmohsenE Hussain,

AbdullahE Ali

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

middle east african journal of ophthalmology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 0975-1599

pISSN - 0974-9233

DOI - 10.4103/0974-9233.90138

Subject(s) - rosai–dorfman disease , medicine , histiocyte , cervical lymphadenopathy , disease , biopsy , dermatology , pathology

Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is characterized by histiocytic proliferation and massive cervical lymphadenopathy, although some patients have extra-nodal involvement. We report a case of extranodal RDD in a five-year-old child, initially misdiagnosed as orbital inflammatory disease and treated with oral steroids. A subsequent orbital biopsy three years later confirmed the diagnosis of Rosai Dorfman disease.

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