Abstract
In children, cervical adenopathy and fever is a common diagnostic dilemma. We present
an unusual case of fever with anterior cervical adenopathy mimicking lymphoma that
was diagnosed by as Rosai-Dorfman disease (RD) by lymph node biopsy. RD disease typically
presents in childhood with cervical adenopathy. Less commonly, RD may involve extra-nodal
sites as well, including the skin (the most common extranodal site), central nervous
system (CNS), eye, liver, spleen, pancreas, or kidney. Lymph node biopsy is diagnostic
and to differentiates RD disease from other causes of lymphadenopathy such as lymphoma.
Keywords
FUO - mimics of lymphoma - sinus histiocytosis - lympadenopathy
