Follicular dendritic cell tumour of the cervical lymph node: case report and brief review of literature.
Follicular dendritic cell tumour/sarcoma is a rare tumour involving lymph-node or extra-lymph-node sites; review of the literature reveals very few cases of follicular dendritic cell tumour, probably since, in the past, the disease has often been mistaken for other neoplasms: low differentiated carcinomas and fusate cell carcinomas, sarcomas, melanomas, thymic neoplasms, Castle carcinoma and other dendritic cell tumours (especially interdigital cell tumour/sarcoma). In the case described here, attention is focused on the diagnostic difficulties and on the therapeutic profile, comparing data with those reported in the international literature.
Moz
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Poliambulanza Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
Pignatelli
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U
Forner
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P
Candiago
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E
D'Addazio
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G
Casirati
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C
Gamba
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P
D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D020566:Dendritic Cells, Follicular / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology