Primary splenic malignant lymphoma, histiocytic type, with sclerosis: report of a case with long-term survival.
A 61-year-old woman with malignant lymphoma, histiocytic type, with slerosis (sclerosing reticulum cell sarcoma) primary in the spleen is described. She has survived clinically free of malignant lymphoma for 11 years after splenectomy therapy alone. This may be the first case of primary splenic malignant lymphoma, histiocytic type, with sclerosis, ever reported in the medical literature.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012598:Sclerosis; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors