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Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Analysis of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Published on: July 28, 2013
Extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease involving the meninges
Carlos Franco-Paredes1, Kelly Martin
1Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Abstract:
Rosai-Dorfman disease is an idiopathic histiocytic proliferative disorder characterized by sinus histiocytosis and massive lymphadenopathy. Extranodal involvement has also been reported. We report the case of a 57-year-old woman presenting with seizures, focal motor deficits, and leptomeningeal enhancement on magnetic resonance imaging. Meningeal biopsy revealed Rosai-Dorfman disease. Sinus histiocytosis may mimic meningeal disease, and Rosai-Dorfman disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of dural-based masses with diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement.

