Malignant neoplasms composed of MACROPHAGES or DENDRITIC CELLS. Most histiocytic sarcomas present as localized tumor masses without a leukemic phase. Though the biological behavior of these neoplasms resemble lymphomas, their cell lineage is histiocytic not lymphoid.
Also Known As:
True Histiocytic Lymphoma; True Malignant Histiocytosis; Histiocytic Lymphoma, True; Histiocytic Lymphomas, True; Histiocytic Sarcomas; Histiocytoses, Malignant; Histiocytoses, True Malignant; Histiocytosis, True Malignant; Lymphoma, True Histiocytic; Lymphomas, True Histiocytic; Malignant Histiocytoses; Malignant Histiocytoses, True; Malignant Histiocytosis, True; Sarcoma, Histiocytic; Sarcomas, Histiocytic; True Histiocytic Lymphomas; True Malignant Histiocytoses; Histiocytosis, Malignant; Malignant Histiocytosis