A case of fatal Rosai-Dorfman syndrome in an adult; failure of multiple empiric therapies

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 351-353

  Antic, N ^a   Ultmann, J E ^b   Dragovich, Tomislav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

2 chlorodeoxyadenosine; Interferon alpha; Rosai Dorfman sinus histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALPHA INTERFERON; CD68 ANTIGEN; CLADRIBINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN S 100; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPIRICISM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATALITY; FATIGUE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPERMETABOLISM; HYPONATREMIA; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; LEG EDEMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ROSAI DORFMAN DISEASE; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; HISTIOCYTOSIS, SINUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33751025034     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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