Annals of Tropical Pathology

CASE REPORT
Year
: 2020  |  Volume : 11  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 189--192

Extranodal sinonasal rosai-dorfman disease in a Nigerian woman: A case report and review of literature


Abdulrazak Ajiya1, Emmanuel Sara Kolo1, Iliyasu Yunusa Shuaibu2 
1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
2 Department of Surgery, Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Iliyasu Yunusa Shuaibu
Department of Surgery, Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Nigeria

Rosai Dorfman disease (RDD) also referred to as sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy is a rare non-neoplastic lymphoproliferative disease with unknown etiology and pathogenesis first described by Rosai and Dorfman in 1969. It is characterized by histiocytic proliferation of lymphatic sinuses, which primarily involves the lymph nodes, but has an extranodal tendency. Frequently encountered extranodal sites in the head-and-neck region is paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity, orbit, parotid gland, and middle ear. We present a case of RDD occurring in the nasal cavity of a 28-year-old female from Nigeria. RDD should be considered a differential diagnosis in any patient with benign sinonasal mass especially arising from the nasal septum with massive cervical lymphadenopathy.


How to cite this article:
Ajiya A, Kolo ES, Shuaibu IY. Extranodal sinonasal rosai-dorfman disease in a Nigerian woman: A case report and review of literature.Ann Trop Pathol 2020;11:189-192


How to cite this URL:
Ajiya A, Kolo ES, Shuaibu IY. Extranodal sinonasal rosai-dorfman disease in a Nigerian woman: A case report and review of literature. Ann Trop Pathol [serial online] 2020 [cited 2023 Mar 23 ];11:189-192
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