title: Primary central nervous system histiocytic sarcoma.
abstract: Histiocytic sarcoma is a rare, lymphohematopoietic malignant neoplasm composed of tumor cells showing morphologic and immunophenotypic features of mature tissue histiocytes. Involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) as either a part of a systemic disease or as a primary lesion has rarely been described so far. We present a case of primary CNS histiocytic sarcoma in an adult patient and review the literature on this rare entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, 49100 Petah Tiqva, Israel. yossilaviv@gmail.com
authors.forename: Yosef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Laviv
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zagzag
authors.forename: Suzana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fichman-Horn
authors.forename: Shalom
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Michowitz
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D054747:Histiocytic Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed