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Histiocytic and Dendritic Cell Neoplasms

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Neoplastic Hematopathology

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This chapter covers tumors of the monocytic and dendritic cell lineage and those that arise from the reticular network of lymph node and extranodal lymphoid tissues (i.e. Waldeyer’s ring and gut lymphoid tissue), including follicular dendritic cell sarcoma and fibroblastic reticular cell sarcoma. Mature/fully-differentiated histiocytic/dendritic cell neoplasms include Langerhans cell histiocytosis, its malignant counterpart Langerhans cell sarcoma, and the related S100-negative histiocytoses. Immature malignancies in this group include myeloid and monocytic leukemia presenting first in extramedullary tissues, and the newly recognized blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm.

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Inamdar, K.V., Jones, D. (2010). Histiocytic and Dendritic Cell Neoplasms. In: Jones, D. (eds) Neoplastic Hematopathology. Contemporary Hematology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-384-8_26

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