[Lymphadenopathy in the groin. Unusual etiology in a 65-year-old patient].
A 65 year old female patient was admitted to our hospital with unspecific symptoms and a lump in the right groin which raised suspicion of a malignant lymphoma. Histologically a follicular dendritic reticular cell tumor was found. Because there are aggressive forms of this tumor and no established standard therapy, we decided to treat her with surgery followed by a combined radio- and chemotherapy. Despite this treatment 16 months after the first diagnosis a relapse occurred with a metastasis of the follicular dendritic cell tumor in the lung. The metastasis was resected surgically. The optimal management of this kind of tumor is not known.
Mozek
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Klinik für Hämatologie des Zentrums für Innere Medizin der Universität Essen. mozek@drkatz.de
Novotny
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D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D020566:Dendritic Cells, Follicular / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006119:Groin; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy