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Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the tonsil: case report

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Follicular dendritic cell sarcomas are unusual, and extranodal origin is extremely rare. The English literature contains only eight cases in which this sarcoma has been presented as a tonsillar mass. We report a new case of follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the tonsil in a 76 year old woman. The patient underwent diagnostic tonsillectomy for a left tonsillar mass, and follicular dendritic cell sarcoma was diagnosed based on histopathological and immunoperoxidase findings. Postoperative radiotherapy was performed. The patient is alive and disease-free at 4 years of follow-up. Without a high index of suspicion, this entity can easily be missed. We believe that follicular dendritic cell sarcoma should be included in the differential diagnosis for any tonsillar mass.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Baskent University, 6. Cadde No: 72/2, 06490, Bahcelievler-Ankara, Turkey

    Erdinc Aydin & Levent Naci Ozluoglu

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey

    Beyhan Demirhan & Unser Arıkan

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Aydin, E., Ozluoglu, L.N., Demirhan, B. et al. Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the tonsil: case report. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 263, 1155–1157 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-006-0124-9

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