Pathology of primary reticulum cell sarcoma of the human central nervous system.
Among 6000 consecutive autopsies, 9 cases of primary reticulum cell sarcoma of the central nervous system were discovered. There were 5 males and 4 females from 17 to 68 years old, and the mean clinical duration was 5 months. Gross examination revealed a wide range of lesions in the cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum and spinal cord. Histologically, the same type of malignant reticulum cell proliferation was encountered in every case.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology