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Head and Neck Histiocytic and Dendritic Cell Neoplasm

MedGen UID:
1772606
•Concept ID:
C5420231
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A histiocytic and dendritic cell neoplasm that affects the head and neck. [from NCI]

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Fine Needle Aspiration of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A Cytopathologic Study of 37 Cases.
Hang JF, Siddiqui MT, Ali SZ
Acta Cytol 2017;61(2):96-102. Epub 2017 Apr 14 doi: 10.1159/000468505. PMID: 28407623
Impact of surgery, radiation and systemic therapy on the outcomes of patients with dendritic cell and histiocytic sarcomas.
Gounder M, Desai V, Kuk D, Agaram N, Arcila M, Durham B, Keohan ML, Dickson MA, D'Angelo SP, Shukla N, Moskowitz C, Noy A, Maki RG, Herrera DA, Sanchez A, Krishnan A, Pourmoussa A, Qin LX, Tap WD
Eur J Cancer 2015 Nov;51(16):2413-22. Epub 2015 Aug 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2015.06.109. PMID: 26298731Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

A Fibroblastic Reticular Cell Tumour Arising in the Oral Cavity: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Walsh H, Brierley D, Patterson A, Fernando M
Head Neck Pathol 2023 Jun;17(2):534-539. Epub 2022 Nov 7 doi: 10.1007/s12105-022-01496-9. PMID: 36344905Free PMC Article
Fine Needle Aspiration of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A Cytopathologic Study of 37 Cases.
Hang JF, Siddiqui MT, Ali SZ
Acta Cytol 2017;61(2):96-102. Epub 2017 Apr 14 doi: 10.1159/000468505. PMID: 28407623
Impact of surgery, radiation and systemic therapy on the outcomes of patients with dendritic cell and histiocytic sarcomas.
Gounder M, Desai V, Kuk D, Agaram N, Arcila M, Durham B, Keohan ML, Dickson MA, D'Angelo SP, Shukla N, Moskowitz C, Noy A, Maki RG, Herrera DA, Sanchez A, Krishnan A, Pourmoussa A, Qin LX, Tap WD
Eur J Cancer 2015 Nov;51(16):2413-22. Epub 2015 Aug 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2015.06.109. PMID: 26298731Free PMC Article
Dendritic cell tumor in a salivary gland lymph node: a rare differential diagnosis of salivary gland neoplasms.
Schraven SP, Plontke SK, Syha R, Fend F, Wolburg H, Adam P
Diagn Pathol 2011 Sep 30;6:94. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-6-94. PMID: 21961558Free PMC Article
Solitary and generalized variants of spindle cell xanthogranuloma (progressive nodular histiocytosis).
Zelger BW, Staudacher C, Orchard G, Wilson-Jones E, Burgdorf WH
Histopathology 1995 Jul;27(1):11-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1995.tb00285.x. PMID: 7557901

Prognosis

Fine Needle Aspiration of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A Cytopathologic Study of 37 Cases.
Hang JF, Siddiqui MT, Ali SZ
Acta Cytol 2017;61(2):96-102. Epub 2017 Apr 14 doi: 10.1159/000468505. PMID: 28407623

Clinical prediction guides

Fine Needle Aspiration of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A Cytopathologic Study of 37 Cases.
Hang JF, Siddiqui MT, Ali SZ
Acta Cytol 2017;61(2):96-102. Epub 2017 Apr 14 doi: 10.1159/000468505. PMID: 28407623
Impact of surgery, radiation and systemic therapy on the outcomes of patients with dendritic cell and histiocytic sarcomas.
Gounder M, Desai V, Kuk D, Agaram N, Arcila M, Durham B, Keohan ML, Dickson MA, D'Angelo SP, Shukla N, Moskowitz C, Noy A, Maki RG, Herrera DA, Sanchez A, Krishnan A, Pourmoussa A, Qin LX, Tap WD
Eur J Cancer 2015 Nov;51(16):2413-22. Epub 2015 Aug 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2015.06.109. PMID: 26298731Free PMC Article

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