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Soft tissue Rosai-Dorfman disease (STRDD) is rare, previously reported only as single cases and few series. Simian virus 40 (SV40), a polyomavirus, has been identified in lymphoid processes and has a controversial role in neoplasia etiology. Occasional cytoplasmic pink granular inclusions and nuclear changes led us to explore a viral etiology. Only unpublished STRDD from our files with adequate material, soft tissue location, and diagnostic confirmation were included. Immunohistochemistry and follow-up were obtained. Eighteen STRDD patients, 4 male and 14 female, had 29 lesions; 5 with 2 or more lesions. Ages ranged from 8 to 81 years (mean 42.6 years and median 42.5 years). Soft tissue Rosai-Dorfman disease locations include trunk or proximal extremity (n = 19), distal extremity (n = 5), "abdominal" (n = 3), face (n = 1), and unknown subcutaneous site (n = 1). Sizes ranged from 0.5 to 13.7 cm (median, 2.4 cm). Previous disease included lymphoma, buttocks injection site, diabetes and hypothyroidism, and radiation for chronic dermopathy. No patients had a preceding or concurrent known viral infection; none had lymphadenopathy at present. None were known to be immunocompromised. Soft tissue Rosai-Dorfman disease was rapidly progressing. Initial pathologic diagnosis ranged from Rosai-Dorfman disease or inflammatory pseudotumor to inflammatory malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Grossly STRDDs were multilobulated, tan-yellow, and firm; morphologically, circumscribed, and subcutaneous-based. All had sheets of polygonal histiocytes with abundant pale eosinophilic cytoplasm, emperipolesis, plasma cells, and lymphocytes scattered and within clusters. Focal spindle cell change and mild pleomorphism were each observed in 3 patients; 2 had focal necrosis, none with mitoses. Small granular pink cytoplasmic inclusions and nuclear viral-like changes were observed. By immunohistochemistry, all STRDDs were positive for S100 protein, negative for CD1a, Epstein-Barr virus, and latent membrane protein, yet 3 (all abdominal, 1 multicentric) of the 9 studied were focally positive for cytoplasmic and nuclear SV40 polyomavirus. All were treated by local excision. Follow-up on 14 patients older than 8 to 16 years revealed recurrence in 3 patients with persistent multiple lesions, one with abdominal location. There were no metastases or death from disease. Soft tissue Rosai-Dorfman disease is a rapidly evolving, mostly solitary and nonrecurrent trunk and proximal extremity subcutaneous lesion in middle-aged females. More than one third can have persistent multicentric disease. It is important to recognize STRDD, to separate it from malignancy. Epstein-Barr virus/latent membrane protein was negative but polyomavirus was positive in 3 patients with abdominal STRDD, one with multicentric persistent disease. The relationship of polyomavirus to the evolution of abdominal STRDD should be further explored.
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PMID:Soft tissue Rosai-Dorfman disease: 29 new lesions in 18 patients, with detection of polyomavirus antigen in 3 abdominal cases. 2085 Jun 91

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), is a rare, proliferative disorder in which the accumulation of pathologic Langerhans cells leads to local tissue infiltration and destruction. We present a case of a 32 years old, completely edentulous female patient who presented with erythema of hard palate, maxillary alveolar mucosa and mucosa over the distobuccal part of mandibular alveolar ridge with foci of ulcerations. Histopathologic features were suggestive of LCH which was confirmed by immunohistochemistry which was CD1a positive, confirmatory for LCH. Bone scan revealed multiple bone involvement. At this stage, disease had already progressed to multisystem involvement with endocrinal abnormalities (primary hypothyroidism and hyperprolactinemia), requiring aggressive treatment. Therefore, this case is a reminder of the possibility of occurrence of this rare disease in the oral cavity which might manifest itself in multiple presentations thus easily leading to the misdiagnosis and therefore, it could be easily overlooked by dentists. Key words:Langerhans cell histiocytosis, immunohistochemistry, bone scan.
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PMID:Langerhans cell histiocytosis with oral manifestations: a rare and unusual case report. 2455 65

Erdheim-Chester disease is a rare non-Langerhans-cell histiocytosis with bone and organ involvement. A 76-year-old man presented with low back pain and a history of visits for exertional dyspnea. We diagnosed him with anemia of chronic disease, cytopenia related to chronic illness, chronic renal failure due to hypertension, and hypothyroidism. However, we could not determine a definite cause or explanation for the cytopenia. Multiple osteosclerotic axial skeleton lesions and axillary lymph node enlargement were detected by computed tomography. Bone marrow biopsy revealed histiocytic infiltration, which was CD68-positive and CD1a-negative. This report describes an unusual presentation of Erdheim-Chester disease involving the bone marrow, axial skeleton, and lymph nodes.
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PMID:A Unique Case of Erdheim-Chester Disease with Axial Skeleton, Lymph Node, and Bone Marrow Involvement. 2571 62

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) in adults is a rare disorder of unknown etiology characterized by monoclonal proliferation of Langerhans cells. It belongs to dendritic cell disorders and occurs in 1-2 adults per million. The most common endocrine manifestation of classical LCH is associated with the posterior pituitary, with clinical symptoms of diabetes insipidus. Less than 80 reported cases of LCH involving the thyroid gland have been published so far. We present the case of a 39 years old woman with 10 years history of diabetes insipidus and secondary amenorrhoea, which appeared after second delivery. She was suspected for lymphocytic inflammation of pituitary and she was administered steroid treatment. She was also treated symptomatically with desmopressin, L-thyroxine, estrogen and progestagen replacement therapy due to diabetes insipidus, secondary hypothyroidism and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. In September 2014, she noticed a painless, firm tumour of the neck. Ultrasound (US) examination demonstrated bilateral, solid, hypoechogenic thyroid nodules. The result of fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) was not diagnostic. Due to rapid progression and US image of the tumour, she was referred for surgery. In postoperative histopathology tumour cells were positive for CD1a and S-100 protein, therefore diagnosis of LCH was established. Postoperatively, the results of thoracic computed tomography scan, abdominal US and bone scintigraphy revealed no evidence of multifocal disease. We have not observed any disease recurrence in the patient after a year of follow-up in postoperative course. This case illustrates diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties in patient with LCH.
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PMID:Hypopituitarism and goitre as endocrine manifestation of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). Case Report. 2761 99