Primary central nervous system histiocytic sarcoma.

Brain Tumor Pathol

Department of Neurosurgery, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, 49100 Petah Tiqva, Israel.

Published: July 2013

Histiocytic sarcoma is a rare, lymphohematopoietic malignant neoplasm composed of tumor cells showing morphologic and immunophenotypic features of mature tissue histiocytes. Involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) as either a part of a systemic disease or as a primary lesion has rarely been described so far. We present a case of primary CNS histiocytic sarcoma in an adult patient and review the literature on this rare entity.

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