title: Hepatic follicular dendritic cell sarcoma favorably controlled by transcatheter arterial chemoembolization.
abstract: A 78-year-old woman with multiple tumors in the liver and spleen was diagnosed with follicular dendritic cell (FDC) sarcoma based on the histological picture of splenectomized specimen and its expression of CD21 and CD 23. As a paraneoplastic immune disorder, Coombs' test was positive although hemolysis was not obvious. Since systemic chemotherapies were ineffective for residual liver tumors, transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) was performed with subsequent tumor reduction. Currently, the patient is alive 27 months after the diagnosis with residual hepatic tumors favorably controlled by repeated TACE. Our experience suggests that TACE is useful for the management of hepatic FDC sarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Shinko Hospital, Kobe. htsunemine@shinkohp.or.jp
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsunemine
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akasaka
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kusama
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Arata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Motoyama
authors.forename: Katsuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aozasa
authors.forename: Taiichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kodaka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000379:methods; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D054740:Dendritic Cell Sarcoma, Follicular / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*