title: Histiocytic medullary reticulosis occurring with small cell lung carcinoma.
abstract: Haematophagocytic activity is a salient feature of malignant histiocytic medullary reticulosis. This potency has also been observed as an aberrant property of non-histiocytic malignant cells or as a benign histiocytic process in response to infections or malignancies. We report the case of a patient who presented simultaneously with a limited stage small cell lung carcinoma and a fatal reactive form of histiocytosis. We conclude that such a haematophagocytic syndrome may occur in the setting of small cell lung carcinoma s previously described in other malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Clinique de Pathologie Respiratoire et Environnement-INSERM Unité 139, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de Cremoux
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Monnet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fleury
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chleq
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications*; D054747:Histiocytic Sarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology