Rosai-Dorfman syndrome
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A disturbance that presents with massive painless lymphadenopathy in the neck, often bilateral. Extranodal involvement has been reported in about one third of the patients and may include the skin, lungs, bone, orbits, eyelids, kidneys, upper respiratory tract, peritoneum, salivary glands, testes and the central nervous system. The liver and spleen are not usually enlarged. Other features are fever, weight loss, tonsillitis and nasal discharge and obstruction. The condition is benign and there is usually spontaneous regression of symptoms with complete recovery.
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