Pulmonary histiocytic sarcoma mimicking pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a young adult presenting with spontaneous pneumothorax: A potential diagnostic pitfall

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 455, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-190

  Stacher, Elvira ^a   Beham Schmid, Christine ^a   Terpe, Hans Joachim ^b   Simiantonaki, Nektaria ^b   Popper, Helmut Hans ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b KLINIKUM LEVERKUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Histiocytic sarcoma; Immunohistochemistry; Lung; Pneumothorax; Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45LCA ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; EOSIN; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; HEMATOXYLIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LYSOZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GRANULOCYTE; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG SARCOMA; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PLASMA CELL; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HISTIOCYTIC SARCOMA; PULMONARY LANGERHAN CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; STAINING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTIOCYTIC SARCOMA; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049090744     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-009-0801-3     Document Type: Article

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