Isolated cardiac involvement of Rosai-Dorfman disease.

Sarraj, Anas; Zarra, Karen Villar; Jimenez Borreguero, Luis-Jesus; Caballero, Paloma; Nuche, José-Manuel · Ann Thorac Surg · 2012

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Rosai-Dorfman disease is a rare and multisystem disorder of unknown etiology. It commonly presents as cervical lymph node enlargement, but extranodal involvement may be presented in one-third of the cases. Usually, the clinical course of Rosai-Dorfman disease is benign but it can be malignant, both clinically and pathologically. Herein, we present an isolated cardiac case of extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease without lymphadenopathy that involves the left ventricle in a symptomatic adult patient and a description of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging findings of this disease.

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