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Solitary Tumour on the Neck: A Quiz.

Authors :
Keita Horie
Riichiro Abe
Homma, Erina
Junko Murata
Toshifumi Nomura
Hiroshi Shimizu
Source :
Acta Dermato-Venereologica. Sep2014, Vol. 94 Issue 5, p620-621. 2p.
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

The article describes the case of a 70-year-old Japanese woman with neck tumor and diagnosed with cutaneous Rossai-Dorfman disease (RDD), a rare histiocytic proliferative disorder. Topics discussed include the size of the lesion on the patient's neck, results of several tests performed on the patient include physical examination, computed tomography and histological, phagocytosis in mononuclear cells, phagocytic cells positive for CD68 and clinical presentation of RDD.

Subjects

Subjects :
*NECK tumors
*PHAGOCYTOSIS

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00015555
Volume :
94
Issue :
5
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Acta Dermato-Venereologica
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
97574931
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-1792