Thyroid Rosai-Dorfman disease with infiltration of IgG4-bearing plasma cells associated with multiple small pulmonary cysts

Gianella, Pietro; Dulguerov, Nicolas; Arnoux, Grégoire; Pusztaszeri, Marc; Seebach, Jorg Dieter

doi:10.1186/s12890-019-0847-1

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Thyroid Rosai-Dorfman disease with infiltration of IgG4-bearing plasma cells associated with multiple small pulmonary cysts

ContributorsGianella, Pietro; Dulguerov, Nicolas; Arnoux, Grégoire; Pusztaszeri, Marc; Seebach, Jorg Dieter

Published inBMC Pulmonary Medicine, vol. 19, no. 83, p. 1-5

Publication date2019

Abstract

Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is a rare histiocytosis which involves principally lymph nodes. Thyroid involvement in RDD is a very rare situation, and lung involvement is even rarer.

Keywords

Lungs cystic lesions
Non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Rosai-Dorfman disease

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Cellules NK et récepteurs FcyR dans l'auto-immunité et le rejet de xénotransplantation (856)

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GIANELLA, Pietro et al. Thyroid Rosai-Dorfman disease with infiltration of IgG4-bearing plasma cells associated with multiple small pulmonary cysts. In: BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2019, vol. 19, n° 83, p. 1–5. doi: 10.1186/s12890-019-0847-1

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PID : unige:118026
DOI : 10.1186/s12890-019-0847-1
PMID : 31053123

Journal ISSN1471-2466

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Thyroid Rosai-Dorfman disease with infiltration of IgG4-bearing plasma cells associated with multiple small pulmonary cysts

Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is a rare histiocytosis which involves principally lymph nodes. Thyroid involvement in RDD is a very rare situation, and lung involvement is even rarer.

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