Lymphocytosis in a patient with malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma is an uncommon soft-tissue sarcoma. Patients with malignant fibrous histiocytoma may present with unusual clinical findings and an apparent association with malignant hematopoietic disease has been reported. We describe a patient in whom a diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia was made simultaneously with discovery of a large, retroperitoneal malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Following surgical debulking of the tumor, the patient's blood and bone marrow findings returned to normal.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000473:pathology*; D008218:Lymphocytosis / Q000209:etiology; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery