Histiocytic sarcoma

Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter. 2011;33(2):155-7. doi: 10.5581/1516-8484.20110038.

Abstract

A 59-year-old white woman, SC, after being treated for pneumonia, presented with an increase in the size of lymph nodes. The immunohistochemical examination diagnosed histiocytic sarcoma. Relapse occurred 12 months after starting chemotherapy. The patient evolved with febrile neutropenia, septic shock and death.

Keywords: Case report; Histiocytic sarcoma/diagnosis; Neoplasms.