BACKGROUND Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is a rare disease of histiocytic cells, a cause of benign cervical lymphadenopathy (LAP) and massive generalized lymph node enlargement in children and adults. There are also some reports on involvement of other human body organs with or without LAP. CASE PRESENTATION A 7-month-old infant with chief complaint of generalized massive LAP was referred to ou...

in this study 121 prescapular, prefemoral and popliteal lymph node of male healthy camel from mashhad abattoir were collected. after collecting of specimens factors such as: length, width, thickness, weight, volume and density of each lymph node were measured by caliper device. all factors were analyzed and compared using excel program. it was revealed that, normal dimensions of right prescapul...

Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (SHML) is a rare disorder characterized by a nonneoplastic proliferation of distinctive histiocyte cells within lymph node sinuses and lymphatics in extranodal sites. SHML occurs worldwide and is primarily a disease of childhood and early adulthood. A 26-yr-old man presented with painless palpable lymph node in cervical area. Radiographic studies...

BACKGROUND Cervical lymph node metastases of meningioma represent an important diagnostic and treatment challenge. Not only has this entity been rarely described, but successful treatment has never been reported in the literature. METHODS AND RESULTS This case report was conducted using reviews of the literature. A 58-year-old man with a history of resected anaplastic meningioma was referred ...

to review children with kawasaki disease admitted in 17-shahrivar hospital of rasht from 1999 to 2007. we reviewed retrospectively 64 children with kawasaki disease between 1999-2007 admitted in 17-shahrivar hospital of rasht. frequency distributions of variants including age, sex, season, clinical and laboratory manifestations, response to treatment and complications of the patients were abstr...

BACKGROUND Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma (Ca ex PA) is a high-grade carcinoma arising from benign pleomorphic adenoma. This is the first population-level analysis of prognosis and prognostic features of parotid Ca ex PA. METHODS The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database (1988-2009) was used to identify 278 patients with parotid Ca ex PA. RESULTS Extraparenchymal ext...

Mechanisms about regulation of mRNAs, microRNAs (miRNAs), and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) in cervical lymph node metastatic laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) remained unclear. Two sets of three microarrays of mRNA, miRNA and lncRNA in fresh surgical LSCC samples were established, respectively from three paired tumor and adjacent normal mucosa epithelial tissues in cN + (Positive metast...

Metastasis in axillary and supraclavicular lymph nodes has been frequently observed in patients with breast cancer. The clinical staging and therapeutic principle determined according to the situation of lymph node metastasis are clear. One patient with infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the left breast was reported to undergo modified radical mastectomy. One and a half years later, lymphadenecta...