Case report on follicular dendritic cell sarcoma: a rare malignant neoplasm of lymph node

Authors

  • Mohammad Sowkat Hossain Instructor, Department of Pathology, Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Dhaka Cantonment, Bangladesh
  • Fatema Akter Instructor, Department of Pathology, Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Dhaka Cantonment, Bangladesh
  • Sk Md Jaynul Islam Classified Specialist and Project Director of AFIP Modernization Project, AFIP, Dhaka Cantonment, Bangladesh
  • Shamoli Yasmin Classified Specialist in Pathology, AFIP, Dhaka Cantonment, Bangladesh
  • Iqbal Karim Classified Specialist in Pathology, AFIP, Dhaka Cantonment, Bangladesh

Keywords:

Follicular dendritic cell, dendritic cell neoplasm, follicular dendritic cell sarcoma

Abstract

Follicular dendritic cells (FDC) are non-lymphoid, non-phagocytic, accessory immune cells, crucial for antigen presentation and regulation of the reactions in germinal centers. Sarcoma arising from FDC is very rare and it has low-to-intermediate malignant potential. Histopathological examination play a critical role for the diagnosis of the disease but in difficult cases immunohistochemistry has a great role and facilitates misinterpretation. Diagnosis of dendritic cell sarcoma (DCS) is a challenge for the histopathologists, because of its rare incidence and lack of familiarity of the histopathologists to see the slides. Here is a case of FDCS and the patient presented with left submandibular swelling.

BIRDEM Med J 2023; 13(2): 111-115

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2023-05-15

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Case report on follicular dendritic cell sarcoma: a rare malignant neoplasm of lymph node. (2023). BIRDEM Medical Journal, 13(2), 111-115. https://doi.org/10.3329/birdem.v13i2.66021

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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2023)

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Case Reports

How to Cite

Case report on follicular dendritic cell sarcoma: a rare malignant neoplasm of lymph node. (2023). BIRDEM Medical Journal, 13(2), 111-115. https://doi.org/10.3329/birdem.v13i2.66021