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Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the head and neck: case report and literature review.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18596475     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: This article presents a case of a patient with follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDS), a rare neoplasm usually of the head and neck, and reviews the literature. STUDY DESIGN: Literature review. METHODS: A MEDLINE literature search was performed and the literature was reviewed. RESULTS: Our patient presented with an FDS that had been excised from the upper neck and recurred in a level V node. He was treated with neck dissection and postoperative irradiation and remains disease free 5.25 years after salvage treatment. The literature search yielded 67 case reports on FDS of the head and/or neck. Most patients were treated with surgery (94%). Twenty-eight percent of patients received adjuvant radiotherapy; 18% received adjuvant chemotherapy. Fifty percent of patients were alive with no evidence of disease at last follow-up; 9% died from disease. CONCLUSIONS: We currently treat head and neck FDS with wide resection and postoperative radiotherapy.
Authors:
Bhishamjit S Chera; Christine Orlando; Douglas B Villaret; William M Mendenhall
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Laryngoscope     Volume:  118     ISSN:  1531-4995     ISO Abbreviation:  Laryngoscope     Publication Date:  2008 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-09-03     Completed Date:  2008-09-16     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8607378     Medline TA:  Laryngoscope     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1607-12     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Departments of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Dendritic Cells, Follicular / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Follow-Up Studies
Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnosis*,  surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Positron-Emission Tomography
Sarcoma / diagnosis*,  surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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