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Follicular Dendritic Cell Sarcoma of the Head and Neck: Case Report and Literature Review
Author(s) -
Chera Bhishamjit S.,
Orlando Christine,
Villaret Douglas B.,
Mendenhall William M.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1097/mlg.0b013e31817aec58
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck , radiation therapy , neck dissection , adjuvant radiotherapy , surgery , sarcoma , dissection (medical) , systematic review , adjuvant chemotherapy , radiology , medline , cancer , pathology , breast cancer , political science , law
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.