An unusual cause of angioedema: Rosai-Dorfman disease

Katarzyna Tomaszewska; Marcin Kurowski; Marcin Braun; Dorota Jesionek-Kupnicka; Anna Zalewska-Janowska

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An unusual cause of angioedema: Rosai-Dorfman disease

Katarzyna Anna Tomaszewska

¹

,

Marcin Kurowski

^{2, 3}

,

Marcin Braun

⁴

,

Dorota Jesionek-Kupnicka

⁴

,

Anna Zalewska-Janowska

^{1, 3}

Psychodermatology and Neuroimmunobiology of the Skin Department, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Department of Immunology and Allergy, Chair of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Transplantology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
GA²LEN | HAEi Angioedema Center of Reference and Excellence (ACARE), Departments of Psychodermatology and Immunology and Allergy, Central Teaching Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Department of Pathology, Chair of Oncology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland

Adv Dermatol Allergol 2025; XLII (6): 615–617

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2025.157982

Online publish date: 2026/01/12

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An unusual cause of angioedema: Rosai-Dorfman disease

Katarzyna Anna Tomaszewska 1 , Marcin Kurowski 2, 3 , Marcin Braun 4 , Dorota Jesionek-Kupnicka 4 , Anna Zalewska-Janowska 1, 3

Katarzyna Anna Tomaszewska

¹

,

Marcin Kurowski

^{2, 3}

,

Marcin Braun

⁴

,

Dorota Jesionek-Kupnicka

⁴

,

Anna Zalewska-Janowska

^{1, 3}