18F-FDG PET/CT findings in a patient with isolated intracranial Rosai-Dorfman disease

Clin Nucl Med. 2013 Jan;38(1):e50-2. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31825ae73b.

Abstract

Rosai-Dorman disease (RDD) or sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy is a rare histiocytic disorder first described in 1969. RDD involving the central nervous system is considered to be rare, with fewer than 120 cases reported in the literature. We present a 51-year-old woman with a history of panhypopituitarism, episodic memory disturbance, and a hypothalamic tumor. Stereotaxic hypothalamic lesion biopsy showed histiocytic proliferation positive for S100 protein and CD68, but negative for CD1a, typical for RDD. ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT 4 months later demonstrated increased hypothalamic metabolic activity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Histiocytes / pathology
  • Histiocytosis, Sinus / diagnostic imaging*
  • Histiocytosis, Sinus / pathology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Skull / diagnostic imaging*
  • Skull / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18