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==Follicular dendritic cell tumour==
==Follicular dendritic cell tumour==
*Abbreviated ''FDCT''.
{{Main|Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma}}
*[[AKA]] ''follicular dendritic cell sarcoma'' (abbreviated ''FDCS''),<ref name=pmid17515347>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Leipsic | first1 = JA. | last2 = McAdams | first2 = HP. | last3 = Sporn | first3 = TA. | title = Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the mediastinum. | journal = AJR Am J Roentgenol | volume = 188 | issue = 6 | pages = W554-6 | month = Jun | year = 2007 | doi = 10.2214/AJR.04.1530 | PMID = 17515347 }}</ref> ''dendritic reticulum cell sarcoma'', (???) ''follicular dendritic cell neoplasm''. (???)
===General===
*Very rare.
*Behave like a low-grade sarcoma.<ref name=pmid9606805>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Perez-Ordoñez | first1 = B. | last2 = Rosai | first2 = J. | title = Follicular dendritic cell tumor: review of the entity. | journal = Semin Diagn Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 2 | pages = 144-54 | month = May | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9606805 }}</ref>
*Reported association with [[Castleman disease]] (hyaline-vascular type).<ref name=pmid9606805/>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid9606805/>
*Oval or spindle-shaped cellular & nuclear morphology.
*Variable architecture (sheets, fascicles, whorles, storiform pattern).
*Nuclei:
**Small nucleoli.
**Clear or dispersed chromatin.
*Multinucleated cells.
*Interspersed small lymphocytes - '''distinctive feature'''.
*+/-Necrosis.
*+/-Marked nuclear atypia.
*+/-Abundant mitoses.
 
DDx:
*[[Histiocytic sarcoma]].<ref name=pmid17324277>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Alexiev | first1 = BA. | last2 = Sailey | first2 = CJ. | last3 = McClure | first3 = SA. | last4 = Ord | first4 = RA. | last5 = Zhao | first5 = XF. | last6 = Papadimitriou | first6 = JC. | title = Primary histiocytic sarcoma arising in the head and neck with predominant spindle cell component. | journal = Diagn Pathol | volume = 2 | issue =  | pages = 7 | month =  | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1186/1746-1596-2-7 | PMID = 17324277 | url = http://www.diagnosticpathology.org/content/2/1/7 }}</ref>
*[[Spindle cell lesions]].
 
====Images====
*[http://www.ajronline.org/content/188/6/W554/F7.expansion FDCS (ajronline.org)].<ref name=pmid17515347/>
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=391&n=1 DRCS (webpathology.com)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case55/dx.html FDCT - several crappy images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case399.html FDCS - several images (upmc.edu)].
 
===IHC===
Features:<ref name=pmid9606805/>
*CD21 +ve.
*CD35 +ve.
*Ki-M4p +ve
*Ki-FDRC1p +ve.
*Vimentin +ve.
 
*S-100 +ve/-ve.
*Muscle-specific actin +ve/-ve.
*EMA +ve/-ve.


==Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma==
==Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma==
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