Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the tonsil: case report.

Abstract

Follicular dendritic cell sarcomas are unusual, and extranodal origin is extremely rare. The English literature contains only eight cases in which this sarcoma has been presented as a tonsillar mass. We report a new case of follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the tonsil in a 76 year old woman. The patient underwent diagnostic tonsillectomy for a left tonsillar mass, and follicular dendritic cell sarcoma was diagnosed based on histopathological and immunoperoxidase findings. Postoperative radiotherapy was performed. The patient is alive and disease-free at 4 years of follow-up. Without a high index of suspicion, this entity can easily be missed. We believe that follicular dendritic cell sarcoma should be included in the differential diagnosis for any tonsillar mass.

• Authors: Erdinc Aydin, Levent Naci Ozluoglu, Beyhan Demirhan, Unser Arikan
• Journal: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol) Vol. 263 Issue 12 Pg. 1155-7 (Dec 2006) ISSN: 0937-4477 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 16896752 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Dendritic Cells, Follicular (pathology, radiation effects)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Humans
• Sarcoma (pathology, radiotherapy, surgery)
• Tonsillar Neoplasms (pathology, radiotherapy, surgery)
• Tonsillectomy