30Jul 2017

A RARE CASE OF CHRONIC APPENDICITIS WITH ROSAI DORFMANS DISEASE OF MESENTERY.

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Appendicitis is a global epidemic with 72,000 deaths globally in 2013 less in number than from 88,000 in 1990.1Rosai Dorfman disease i.e. sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy, is a rare disorder of unknown etiology that is characterized by abundant histiocytes in the lymph nodes throughout the body2,3.Lymphadenopathy in the neck is commonest site for occurrence however it is rarely associated with mesentry.4 When Appendicitis secondary to Rosai Dorfamns disease is there it turns out to be the rarest one. Here reporting a same case Appendicitis with Rosai Dorfaman Disease In a young Female patient.


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[Rashmi Kale and Chetan Agrawal. (2017); A RARE CASE OF CHRONIC APPENDICITIS WITH ROSAI DORFMANS DISEASE OF MESENTERY. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jul). 2396-2398] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Dr. Rashmi Anil Kale
Associate Professor, Department Of Shalya, Sumatibhai Shah Aurved Mahavidyalaya, Hadapsar, Pune

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4985      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4985