Carotid Artery Occlusion in a Patient with Intracranial Rosai-Dorfman Disease

JLY Leung, JYL Cheung, TC Tan, KW Tang, CM Chan, LC Ho, SCH Chan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2003;6:211-3

Intracranial involvement of Rosai-Dorfman disease is rare. Central nervous system involvement occurs in less than 5% of patients. To date, there have only been 52 patients with this condition reported in 41 articles. This report is of a patient with a 13-year history of intracranial Rosai-Dorfman disease experiencing occlusion of the internal carotid artery. The clinical, pathological, and radiological features of the disease are discussed, together with a review of the literature.