Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 297-301 , February 2010

Extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease presenting as a cardiac mass in an adult: report of a unique case and lack of relationship to IgG4-related sclerosing lesions

  • James T. Richter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Department Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA 23708, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Robert G. Strange Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA 23708, USA
    • ,
  • Stephen I. Fisher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematopathology, Department of Pathology, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
    • ,
  • Dylan V. Miller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Medical Laboratories, Mayo Clinic- Rochester, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    • ,
  • David M. Delvecchio, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Department Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA 23708, USA

Received 9 July 2009 ,Accepted 20 July 2009.

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☆ The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, or the United States Government.I am a military service member. This work was prepared as part of my official duties. Title 17 U.S.C. 105 provides that ‘Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government.’ Title 17 U.S.C. 101 defines a United States Government work as a work prepared by a military service member or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties.

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doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.07.025

Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 297-301 , February 2010

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