Author(s)

Joana de Castro Rocha, Isabel Paiva, Ana Rita Cruz

Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

Histiocytic sarcoma is an extremely rare and very aggressive malignancy, with poor prognosis. The cases described in the literature are few and the treatment is not currently considered consensual. The clinical presentation is very variable. Its characterization is made based primarily on the histology. The authors present a case of an 82-year-old woman, with multiple adenopatic retroperitoneal and left iliac conglomerates, with left leg associated edema (extrinsic compression by conglomerates). After intensive study and approach ganglion biopsy, the histologic diagnosis revealed a histiocytic sarcoma.

Histiocytic Sarcoma, Rarity, Aggressive Malignancy, Lymphadenopathy

Rocha, J. , Paiva, I. and Cruz, A. (2016) Looking for a Rarity: Histiocytic Sarcoma. Journal of Cancer Therapy, 7, 79-82. doi: 10.4236/jct.2016.72009.