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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy Rosai-Dorfman
Clinical signs
  • usually affects (cervical) lymphnodes, skin is affected in about 10% of cases
  • usually benign course
  • asymptomatic macules, papules, nodules and plaques with tendency to spontaneous involution
Histology

Dense, polymorphous nodular infiltrate within the dermis. Epidermis is usually uninvolved. The infiltrate is dominated by histiocytes with large, vesicular nuclei with one or several nucleoli and large, sometimes foamy cytoplasm. Phagocytosis of lymphocytes, neutrophils and plasma cells is often present. Scattered are mononuclear cells of middle size, with indented nuclei and eosinophilic cytoplasm. Touton ginat cells are often scattered.

Immunophenotype and genetic features:

  • histiocytes: CD68+, S100+, lysozyme-
  • monocytoid cells: lysozyme+, CD68+, S100-

Rosai-Dorfman (2566)