Going Bone Deep: Osseous Rosai–Dorfman Disease in an Adult with Recurrent, Culture-Negative Osteomyelitis

A patient presented for medical care on three separate occasions over the course of two years with recurrent right knee pain attributed to chronic osteomyelitis. Careful assessment revealed that his symptoms were caused by osseous Rosai–Dorfman disease. This case presents an alternative diagnostic p...

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Main Authors: Dominick S. DeFelice, Megan L. Srinivas, Sara E. Wobker, Jonathan B. Parr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6151738
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spelling doaj-6dcca92a075b4712ada7b2d848cf788a2020-11-25T02:47:13ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332018-01-01201810.1155/2018/61517386151738Going Bone Deep: Osseous Rosai–Dorfman Disease in an Adult with Recurrent, Culture-Negative OsteomyelitisDominick S. DeFelice0Megan L. Srinivas1Sara E. Wobker2Jonathan B. Parr3School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USADepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USADepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USADepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USAA patient presented for medical care on three separate occasions over the course of two years with recurrent right knee pain attributed to chronic osteomyelitis. Careful assessment revealed that his symptoms were caused by osseous Rosai–Dorfman disease. This case presents an alternative diagnostic possibility for culture-negative chronic osteomyelitis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6151738
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Sara E. Wobker
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Going Bone Deep: Osseous Rosai–Dorfman Disease in an Adult with Recurrent, Culture-Negative Osteomyelitis
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
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Megan L. Srinivas
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Jonathan B. Parr
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title Going Bone Deep: Osseous Rosai–Dorfman Disease in an Adult with Recurrent, Culture-Negative Osteomyelitis
title_short Going Bone Deep: Osseous Rosai–Dorfman Disease in an Adult with Recurrent, Culture-Negative Osteomyelitis
title_full Going Bone Deep: Osseous Rosai–Dorfman Disease in an Adult with Recurrent, Culture-Negative Osteomyelitis
title_fullStr Going Bone Deep: Osseous Rosai–Dorfman Disease in an Adult with Recurrent, Culture-Negative Osteomyelitis
title_full_unstemmed Going Bone Deep: Osseous Rosai–Dorfman Disease in an Adult with Recurrent, Culture-Negative Osteomyelitis
title_sort going bone deep: osseous rosai–dorfman disease in an adult with recurrent, culture-negative osteomyelitis
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
issn 2090-6625
2090-6633
publishDate 2018-01-01
description A patient presented for medical care on three separate occasions over the course of two years with recurrent right knee pain attributed to chronic osteomyelitis. Careful assessment revealed that his symptoms were caused by osseous Rosai–Dorfman disease. This case presents an alternative diagnostic possibility for culture-negative chronic osteomyelitis.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6151738
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