title: Follicular cell dendritic sarcoma of cervical nodes in a patient with significant WTC exposure.
abstract: A patient who worked at the World Trade Center (WTC) site presented with right cervical lymphadenopathy. He underwent right neck dissection. The final pathology showed follicular dendritic cell sarcoma. He was treated with radiation and chemotherapy and remained free of disease initially. He then presented with left cervical lymphadenopathy 2.5 years later and underwent a left neck dissection with similar pathology. A discussion of the disease process and WTC exposure is presented. Clinicians should be cognisant of this disease process and the latency between WTC exposure and the onset of sarcomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, New York Hospital Queens, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shemen
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New York Hospital Queens, Fresh Meadows, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sussman
mesh_terms: D054740:Dendritic Cell Sarcoma, Follicular / Q000209:etiology*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016495:Police; D047851:September 11 Terrorist Attacks