Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 257-262, August 2009

Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma/tumor:

2 cases of a rare tumor of difficult clinical and pathological diagnosis

  • Mónica B. Romero-Guadarrama, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Unit of the General Hospital of Mexico, OD, 06726 Mexico City, Mexico
    • National Autonomous University of Mexico Medical School, 06726 Mexico City, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55 78 46 08; fax: +55 78 46 08.
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  • Olinka Reyes-Posada, MD

      Affiliations

    • General Hospital of Mexico, OD, 06726 Mexico City, Mexico
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  • María M. Hernández-González, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Unit of the General Hospital of Mexico, OD, 06726 Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Marco A. Durán-Padilla, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Unit of the General Hospital of Mexico, OD, 06726 Mexico City, Mexico
    • National Autonomous University of Mexico Medical School, 06726 Mexico City, Mexico

published online 28 July 2008.

Abstract 

The follicular dendritic cell sarcoma/tumor is a neoplasic proliferation of fusiform and ovoid cells with characteristic morphology and immunohistochemical pattern. The sarcoma/tumor term is designated due to the variability of the cytological status and, in many cases, its indeterminate clinical course. This report presents the 2 first cases seen at the Hospital General de México, OD (General Hospital of Mexico). The aim of this study is to contribute to the morphology and immunophenotype of this infrequent neoplasm, as well as discuss its differential diagnosis and clinical evolution.

Keywords: Follicular dendritic cells, Neoplasm, Sarcoma, Immunophenotype

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PII: S1092-9134(08)00028-2

doi:10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2008.02.013

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 257-262, August 2009

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